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LEGENDARY ARABIAN HERO

TARAK BEN ZIYAD OPENED SPAIN TO CONQUEST. WHEN HIS SHIPS REACHED
THE COAST, HE ORDERED THEM TO BE BURNED. HE THEN TOLD HIS MEN:
"THE ENEMY IS IN FRONT OF YOU AND THE SEA IS BEHIND YOU. FIGHT
OR BE DRIVEN INTO THE SEA." THEY FOUGHT AND WON.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero

Date learned: 10-00-1967

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