CHAPTER VIII.

REVIEW OF THE POLITICAL AND INTELLECTUAL CONDITION OF THE SPANISH ARABS
PREVIOUS TO THE WAR OF GRANADA.
EARLY SUCCESSES OF MAHOMETANISM
CONQUEST OF SPAIN
WESTERN CALIPHATE
FORM OF GOVERNMENT
CHARACTER OF THE SOVEREIGNS
MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT
SUMPTUOUS PUBLIC WORKS
GREAT MOSQUE OF CORDOVA
REVENUES
MINERAL WEALTH OF SPAIN
HUSBANDRY AND MANUFACTURES
POPULATION
CHARACTER OF ALHAKEM II.
INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT
DISMEMBERMENT OF THE CORDOVAN EMPIRE
KINGDOM OF GRANADA
AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE
RESOURCES OF THE CROWN
LUXURIOUS CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE
MOORISH GALLANTRY
CHIVALRY
UNSETTLED STATE OF GRANADA
CAUSES OF HER SUCCESSFUL RESISTANCE
LITERATURE OF THE SPANISH ARABS
CIRCUMSTANCES FAVORABLE TO IT
PROVISIONS FOR LEARNING