Assess the reasons for the failure of the second crusade (1147-1149) In 1147‚ the Pope called for the second crusade‚ fully 200 thousand men answered his call. By 1149 the crusade beat a hasty and disgraced retreat. Just 1 year after being called it had failed. The failure happed straight after the disastrous siege of Damascus. The causes of the failure of the second crusade‚ are debated wildly by historians‚ such as Jonathan Riley Smith‚ Steven Runciman and Hans Mayer. Many Historians agree
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the Old City of Jerusalem at the western side of the Temple Mount. The western wall is part of the Jewish temple. The wall has great meaning for different religious‚ and has been an important worship place/ avenue for pilgrims in the history. It is the most holly site recognized by the Jewish faith. It is a remnant of the ancient wall that surrounded the Jewish Temple. Structure details 19 BCE Herod the Great Hordes built the second Jewish temple on Moria mount in Jerusalem. In his project
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Olmec The first Mesoamerican civilization. Between ca. 1200 and 400 B.C.E.‚ the __ people of central Mexico created a vibrant civilization that included intensive agriculture‚ wide-ranging trade‚ ceremonial centers‚ and monumental construction. The __ had great cultural influence on later Mesoamerican societies‚ passing on artistic styles‚ religious imagery‚ sophisticated astronomical observation for the construction of calendars‚ and a ritual ball game. (p. 75) Chavín __ The first major urban
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Crusades to travel to Jerusalem to get rid of the sins of his and his late
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Although the sacredness of Jerusalem is mostly defined through the time of David in this paper‚ it wasn’t the beginning of it in Jerusalem. Before David’s time‚ Abraham‚ one of the first three patriarchs of Judaism‚ experiences an appearances of hierophany through his son. The biblical text of Abraham’s story serves as the beginning of sacredness in the city of Jerusalem. Through the biblical text from Genesis‚ we learn that Abraham was asked by God to sacrifice his only son. Although God initially
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This isn’t always the case as some poor people carry onto university or college and become independent persons by becoming in full time employment. The same goes for Region and bombings with Islamic state going back to the BC there has always been Jerusalem Vs Israelis and vice versa which wars bring migration movements and poverty in counties whom was caught up in conflicts‚ going back to the first world war just after the war there was a migrant movement which was phenomenal and there on to world
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Levant (632–661)‚ ultimately resulting in the recapture of Jerusalem in 1099. It was launched on 27 November 1095 by Pope Urban II with the primary goal of responding to an appeal from Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos‚ who requested that western volunteers come to his aid and help to repel the invading Seljuq Turks from Anatolia. An additional goal soon became the principal objective—the Christian reconquest of the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land and the freeing of the Eastern Christians
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The Crusades were military expeditions planned and carried out by western European Christians. The crusades started around 1095. The purpose of these crusades was to overtake and gain control of the Holy Land from the Muslims. The Holy Land was Jerusalem and the Christians believed that gaining control of it was their fate. The pope would gather the people together and incite them. The origin of the crusades was a result of the expanding Turks in the Middle East. These Turkish forces invaded Byzantium
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Battle of Hattin 1187 Islam in Europe 3258 Professor Aitana Guia Submitted by: Sunaina Mannan 209 334 574 York University To account for the many factors that gave birth to the fall of Jerusalem in 1187‚ one must consider many interrelated and yet parallel factors that shaped The Battle of Hattin; as this was a historic battle for both the Turks and Crusaders. Respectively it justified Saladin’s struggle to unify his people under his leadership
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sometimes massacred entire Jewish communities. The three armies finally met in Constantinople in A.D. 1097. From there the Crusaders made their way to Jerusalem‚ enduring the hardships of desert travel as well as quarrels among their leaders. In June A.D. 1099‚ the Crusaders finally reached the city. After the siege of almost two months Jerusalem fell. Crusaders swarmed into the city and killed most of its Muslim and Jewish inhabitants. The success of the First Crusade reinforced the authority
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