In 1204 the soldiers who had set out to retake Jerusalem in the Fourth Crusade changed course—but why? The result would change medieval Europe forever.
The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin. By Jonathan Phillips.Yale University Press; 520 pages; $32.50. Bodley Head; £25. THE WEST has few Muslim heroes but, astonishingly, a 12th-century jihadist ...
(RNS) — An 800-year-old puzzle about a set of 13th-century floor tiles has added to historians’ thinking about the relationship of Europeans and Arabs at the time of the Crusades. Amanda Luyster, ...
From swords to suicide bombers, the West’s relationship with the Middle East hasn’t changed much in the past millennium. That’s why the film “Kingdom of Heaven” struck a chord. It’s laden with silly ...
Coordinates: On the road crossing the Sinai to the north of the Gulf of Suez and join Taba on the Gulf of Aqaba. The Tentative Lists of States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its ...
Apparently, it didn’t start with Saddam. Who knew? If you’ve forgotten the day your world history professor buzzed through the Crusades, a brilliant two-part documentary on the History Channel, which ...
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