Saladin

The Crusades were influenced by the Eastern culture. Because of this the Crusades took the opportunity to spread the idea. They saw the way there country treated each other and decided to spread it throughout the land that they occupied in the Western Nations. This made the peoples Social life more courteous to one another and spread the chivalry around the Western Nations. The last are that will be focused on is the Religious area. Religion was pretty big with the Crusades were the Christians,…

The crusades took place over about 200 years. It wasn’t just one big fight it was a series of wars and battles. There were three monolithic faiths (Christianity, Judaism, and Islamic) fighting in the crusades. Despite their common roots the differences often cause conflict between them. The first crusaders went from Constantinople to Antioch (1096-1099). They fought isolated Turk forces on the way there. In 1212, religious zeal as well as poverty gave rise to what came to be known as the…

In the movie “Kingdom of Heaven” Hollywood has done what it does best, portray some scenes that are not quite historically correct. The battle scenes and the training scenes were quite splendid! But I'm not going to say that everything was historically correct. But maybe that's why there are so many historical incorrections, to make the movie more interesting and appealing to the eyes of its audience. Even if you aren’t a “history buff”, you would probably still notice some of the historical…

Over the semester in this course, the sole focus was the Crusades. The Crusades is not a proud history for Christians. The brutality used and the amount of death that resulted in the acts of the Crusades has left its imprint on history forever, but there is much more to the Crusades than this. From this course, the most important concept learned from this course is the fact that the Crusades is something that is not easily understood or explained. There are so many components and concepts that…

The Medieval period or the Middle Ages 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.…

The people who were involved in the First Crusade were the Christians and the Muslims. This 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…

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…

Richard would not have been remembered as a courageous crusader if there were no Philip or Saladin. Saladin took the Holy City from Christian rule giving Richard a formidable opponent and opportunity to demonstrate his abilities as crusader. Richard proved his military might by winning countless battles, but this alone did not make Richard a celebrated historic figure. Richard and Philip set out on the crusade together as allies, and their cooperation and contribution to the crusade is how the…

(The Crusades Through Arab Eyes, pg. 187) Saladin, infuriated, assembled an army of over 60,00 men. He intended to make the Christians suffer for making a fool out of him. With a searing, intensified anger and a strong determination to fulfill the jihad, Saladin, and the largest army he had ever commanded, advanced to destroy the Christians. (The Crusades: Christians at War, pg.44) When the Muslim army was entering the surrounding area of Tiberias, Saladin ordered that the count let the…

battles between Saladin and Richard the Lionheart during the Third Crusade, Richard was not able to capture Jerusalem for the Christians. The primary goal of the Crusades was to reconquer the Holy Land, and Jerusalem, being a town of great importance to both Islam and Christianity made it seem that Richard had failed in his rallies to not control the city. However, he promised peace with Saladin, but King Richard did not come away empty handed. While Ascalon was given to Saladin, Richard kept…