The Kingdom Of Heaven

Middle Ages In Jerusalem The Hollywood film Kingdom of Heaven, is based on events that took place in the Middle Ages, or the 12th century. The movie is about the Crusades, which was a series of battles between the Christians and the Muslims. They were fighting over the city of Jerusalem, for many reasons. One these reasons they were fighting was because it was a very religious city, which allowed them to practice their religion freely. The Christians actually seemed like the bad guys, because of their leaders, most of the leader just wanted power and fame. However, one leader seemed to be a hero, his name was Balian. Sadly, Balian’s efforts were not enough, the Muslim’s had such a powerful military, and so many numbers that the Christians didn’t have a chance. The movie, however, is historically inaccurate, …show more content…
The long bow was used in the middle east during the movie. However, a source states, “the first long bow was used and created in Whales, which then later spread into England in the late 1280’s”. Therefore, the longbow didn’t make its way to the middle east until after the crusades. The Muslims would not have been able to fire into the castle with longbows, making them have to get closer in order for closer combat. By close combat, this would cause more deaths from both sides. Knowing this information, the longbow was not at all affected in the Crusades. In the movie, Balian’s father is known as Godfrey. It is also betrayed as Balian was an accident between Godfrey and Balian’s mother. While is reality, it is said that, “Balian d’Ibelin was the younger son of Barisan d’Ibelin”. This states that Balian’s father wasn’t actually named Godfrey. Therefore, this quote states that Balian’s father was named after his Father, Barisan. It is also said that Balian was not actually an accident, because his parents were together when he was born, then afterwards separated. These are also two more things that are false in the