The Crusades Biographies The Crusades Biographies Written by J. Sydney Jones Edited by Marcia Merryman Means and Neil Schlager The Crusades: Biographies Written by J. Sydney Jones Edited by Marcia Merryman Means and Neil Schlager Project Editor Julie L. Carnagie Editorial Ralph G. Zerbonia Permissions Lori Hines‚ Susan J. Rudolph‚ William A. Sampson ©2005 by U•X•L. U•X•L is an imprint of Thomson Gale‚ a division of Thomson Learning‚ Inc. U•X•L® is a registered trademark used herein
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Characteristics of the First Crusade When the First Crusade was called by Pope Urban II at Clermont in 1095‚ he could not have envisaged the scale of religious fervor that his words stirred in the hearts of Christian Europe. The Gesta Francorum states “A great commotion arose through all the regions of France‚ so that if anyone earnestly wished to follow God with pure heart and mind‚ and wanted to bear the cross faithfully after him‚ he would hasten to take the road to the Holy Sepulchre…. When
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The First Crusade 1095-1100 1. The crusading movement was a significant event in the history of medieval Europe. They opened an era in which Western Europe came into direct contact with the great trade routes that united the civilizations of Eurasia For the first time since the fall of the Roman empire‚ western Europe was not isolated‚ but a part of a greater world. Many things flowed along these trade routes. Some were good‚ such as paper‚ the compass‚ medicines and spices‚ new crops and advances
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During the long years of the Crusades‚ the armies of Europe found themselves badly outnumbered. Not only were there more Saracens than Crusaders in the Holy Land‚ but also the armies of Islam were much better equipped. They rode sleek‚ swift horses bred for the hot desert climate‚ wore a chain mail light enough to provide them mobility yet strong enough to stop European blades‚ and used weapons made of a steel so well-forged that it bent under pressure without breaking‚ yet held an edge so sharp
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For many people‚ the word jihad is likely to conjure up images of bearded men wearing suicide vests‚ of black-robed militants brandishing AK-47s‚ or of clandestine terrorist cells plotting to overthrow the United States. But what if‚ instead of representing violence‚ hate‚ war‚ and death‚ jihad was understood as a nonviolent struggle for peace‚ justice‚ understanding‚ love? In his book The Jihad of Jesus (Wipf & Stock‚ $22)‚ Dave Andrews draws upon Christian and Muslim history‚ theology‚ tradition
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included Egypt‚ Syria‚ Mesopotamia‚ Hejaz‚ Yemen‚ and parts of North Africa. He is well known for his recapture of Jerusalem from the Crusaders in 1187 after the crusaders were defeated in the Battle of Hattin. He was also able to repel the Third Crusade that was headed by Richard the Lion heart king of England. Saladin is one of the most prominent leaders that ruled over the Muslim world. Salah al Din was born in Tikrit in 1137 his family moved to Syria a year after his birth were his father was
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PART ONE INTRODUCTION Sokoto Jihad and the formation of the Caliphate The greatest and certainly the most influential of the nineteenth century jihads was that of Usman dan Fodio. He was a Fulani of the Torodbe clan which had migrated to Gobir‚ in north-western Hausaland‚ many generations before. He was born in 1754 into a scholarly family and he and his younger brother Abdullahi‚ were given a broad Islamic education. At that time of his youth‚ Gobir‚ as have seen‚ had become the most powerful
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Organization to Society (system) • Serfs don’t belong to the lord‚ they belong to the Manor • Lord gives protection for Serfs so sometimes it is preferred to be one - Rise of Islam Values of Islam (art‚ mathematics‚ social structure‚ science) - Crusades Was it a conflict of religion‚ or power structure? Renaissance Renaissance (Rinascimento) Definition: Rebirth (French) of Greek and Roman ideas. Greco Roman Ideas of‚ Humanism – Greek Gods‚ praising the Homo sapiens Art & Architecture –
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The Second Crusade: Discord between the Crusader states Tyler Rathke HIS 111-601 After the end of the first Crusade‚ three Crusader States were created in the East. The three Crusader states were the Kingdom of Jerusalem‚ the Principality of Antioch‚ and the county of Edessa and after the first three Crusader states were developed‚ a fourth was added called the County of Tripoli. The social‚ political‚ and economic factors throughout the Crusader States led to the cause of the second
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Jihad vs. Mcworld‚ the Ultimate Showdown According to Benjamin Barber‚ the future of International Relations is dominated by a conflict between McWorld and Jihad. The world is being simultaneously pulled together by McWorld and apart by Jihad. McWorld is working towards globalization and commodification by using the forces of capitalism to create human needs. Jihad‚ on the other side‚ is a sort of retribalization‚ where humanity is being divided and subdivided into exclusive units. Through
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