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Egbert (802-837 A.D.)
Egbert the Saxon lived at as is time as did Harun-al-Rashid and Charlemagne. He was the 1st king who ruled all England as one realm. Long before his birth the people who are cognized to us as Britons lived there, and they gave to the island the name Britain.But Britain was infested by the Romans under Julius Caesar and his heirs, and all that part of it which we now call England was expanded to the Empire of Rome. The Britons were driven into Wales and Cornwall, the western divisions of the isla
Harun-al-Rashid (786-809 A.D.)
The most famed of all muslims caliphs was Harun-al-Rashid, which means, in English, Aaron the Just. Harun is the hero of many of the stories of the "Arabian Nights," a celebrated book, which perhaps you have read. There are many peculiar and wonderful tales in it.When Harun was only 18 years old he demoed such courage and skill as a soldier that his father, who was then caliph, admitted him to lead an regular army against the foemen of the Muslims; and he won many avid victories.He afterwards co
Pepin (741-768 A.D.)
Charles Martel had 2 sons, Pepin and Carloman. For a time they dominated together, but Carloman cared to lead a religious life, so he attended a monastery and became a monk. And so Pepin was exclusive ruler.Frankish empirePepin was rather low in stature, and consequently was called Pepin the Short. But he had great strength and courage. A tale is told of him, which shows how audacious he was.One day he went with a couple of of his nobles to a circus to see a fight between a lion and a bruiser. S
