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While this treatment is almost to be expected from a late 19th century or early 20th century narrative, it is shocking to find continuity of this treatment in modern encyclopedias<ref>such as wikipedia</ref> and academic works. Comparison of contemporary Arab sources with these Christian accounts that historians like Davis rely on, seems to point towards a minor raid rather than a macro-historical event. As with all events occurring in this era, often referred to as "the dark age" in Christian Europe, sources from the western point of view are dicey to say the least. Sources from the Islamic point of view tend towards greater reliability in the terms of details and description, but suffer from an acknowledged teleological slant in regards to the Islamic expansionism of the 7th and 8th centuries.

While this treatment is almost to be expected from a late 19th century or early 20th century narrative, it is shocking to find continuity of this treatment in modern encyclopedias<ref>such as wikipedia</ref> and academic works. Comparison of contemporary Arab sources with these Christian accounts that historians like Davis rely on, seems to point towards a minor raid rather than a macro-historical event. As with all events occurring in this era, often referred to as "the dark age" in Christian Europe, sources from the western point of view are dicey to say the least. Sources from the Islamic point of view tend towards greater reliability in the terms of details and description, but suffer from an acknowledged teleological slant in regards to the Islamic expansionism of the 7th and 8th centuries.

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