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stamp and trend by being thrown into the midst of one another, each having left its mark on the others. The explanation of each of these is to be sought in the same sets of forces that were engendered by the grand whirlpool of human affairs; and, so, all are to be regarded as members of one and the same system of world influences. Conquests and subjugations were the order of the day; and the Teutonic victories in the Romanised world as well as the Saracenic conquests in Roman and non-Roman Europe and the various parts of Asia were the outcome of the same socio-political environment. The subjugation of Britain by foreigners is the European counterpart of the same movement that led to the overthrow of the Hindus in certain parts of India