New Jerusalem

African coast, in Egypt, Arabia, Syria, and Mesopotamia, gaining support for the jihad on the Kingdom of Jerusalem. He was also known on both sides of his conflicts for his great qualities, the crusaders respected him for his chivalry. 2.) (Saladin’s Upbringing) Born to a well-known Kurdish…

the Holy Land had been reclaimed from the Turks. Following their success, majority of those that fought went back home to Western Europe. Those that stayed settled in different areas and created four primary regions: Antioch, Edessa, Tripoli, and Jerusalem. Their goal was to maintain order within the region. Due to Christians being the overwhelming minority, the Crusader states operated similar to that of the Arab states under a dhimmi system; Muslims were free to practice their faith and…

Crusade By: Brianna Kline The Third Crusade, also known as the King’s Crusade, took place in 1189-1192. The location was mostly Levant and Anatolia. Levant and Anatolia are right by the Mediterranean Sea. Austria’s allies were the Kingdom of Jerusalem, England, France, and the Holy Roman Empire. Their enemies were the Ayyubids, Zengids, Seljuk Empire, Byzantine Empire, and the Kingdom of Sicily. The Third Crusade was an attempt by European leaders to reconquer the Holy Land from Saladin. The…

A topos of righteousness occurs when an author declares the receptor or prolocutor so. By classifying the figure in this manner, the author legitimates his message through cultic or ethical purity as the figure in the narrative becomes impeachable. This term, paired with justice, occurs in Akkadian literature (kittum u mīs̆arum) as an “ethical ideal,” and the same idea existed in Hebraic thought as the base on which Torah worked. For the authors, God was righteous, and His acts conformed to…

Primary Source Analysis 3 1) As most Christian histories of the crusades begin with pope urban II’s call in 1095, for the recovery of holy places. But Ibn Al-Athir being native of Mosul see it differently, as all Muslim sees the Crusades. He mention the crusades as not being recovery of holy places of Christianity, rather, it was war against the Islam religion. He further stated in his writing saying that, “They invaded the territories of Islam”. In his writing he clearly indicated that it was…

The Knights Templar/ William Hansard The Knights Templar was an ancient group knights that acted upon Christianity and were used as a military force. They were assigned to attack and raid muslim soldiers. The original knights were led by Sir Raymond of Saint-Gilles, Godfrey of Bouillon, Hugh of Vermandois and Bohemond of Taranto. The Templars ended up doing what they called Crusades in which they went and attacked threats to Israel. There were a total of six Crusades. By the first they were…

occurred from the 5th to the 15th century. It started with the fall of the Roman Empire and ended with the merge into the Renaissance time. Crusades mainly happen because of the expansion of the Muslim Empire that took control of Jerusalem, not permitting pilgrims into Jerusalem. Crusades were expeditions in Medieval period called by popes to recover Christian properties and those who participated took vows and were promised forgiveness of all their sins. King Louis IX of France also known as…

The Elgin Marbles are artifacts removed from the Greek Parthenon in the early 1800's and taken to England by the Ambassador to Constantinople. Lord Elgin wanted to save the priceless artifacts from complete destruction or removal. He then obtained permission from the occupying Turks to permanently remove the artifacts and keep them in England. Lord Elgin's collection was later bought by the British government and displayed for the public, where the marbles remain today. The Elgin…

Crusade lasted from 1095–1099 and took place at the Holy Land in Jerusalem because. In 1095, the armies of Christians from Western Europe responded to Pope Urban II’s plea to go to war against Muslim forces in the Holy Land, this is why the First Crusade began. The Christians won The First Crusade by seizing armies on their way to take back Jerusalem. Since the crusades won their fight it encourage other armies to try to take over Jerusalem. Unfortunately, these armies were defeated in Asia…

Ottoman Turks’ first appearance The loom of the Ottoman came upon after the decline of the Seljurk Turks’s empire. The arrival of the first Ottomans, alias ghazis (Turkish warriors or raiders), to Anatolia (formerly called Asia Minor) was intended to evade the forces of Mongols. At first, the Turkish tribes were nomadic pastoralists but when the Seljuk Empire’s power was slowly falling apart, the Turks, under the rule of Osman, began occupying, invading other territories for power and wealth…