"Proud Saracen, pollute no more The shrines by martyrs built of yore!"
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Thomas Warton, "The Crusade", Poems, new ed. (1777)
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Saracen
' was a term used both in Greek and Latin writings between the 5th and 15th centuries to refer to the people who lived in and near what was designated by the Romans as Arabia Petraea and Arabia Deserta. The term's meaning evolved during its history of usage. During the Early Middle Ages, the term came to be associated with the tribes of Arabia.
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