Crusades: Part 1
In Chronicles of the Crusades, Elizabeth Hallam writes, “The Crusades were the long-term result of the rise of Islam.” The Crusades were fought over a 200-year period between 1095 and 1291. The aim of the Crusades was to regain and protect Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslim expansion and rule. It started with a call for help by the Byzantines to put an end to the Turkish expansion into Anatolia. What began as a seemingly isolated border dispute became, over the … Read entire article »
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