Intro, The Crusaders Posted by Munir Lodin

The Crusades (Audio)

   For a period of two hundred years, from the end of the 11th to the end of the 13th centuries, Christian popes and kings mounted fierce military attacks against Muslim rulers.     001-- Chapter - 1 (Jerusalem burns) Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your... read more

The Crusaders Posted by Munir Lodin

The Crusaders

To Arab historians, the Crusaders were a minor irritant, their invasion one more barbarian incursion, not nearly as serious a threat as the Mongols were to prove in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The First Crusade began in 1095 after the Byzantines – threatened by Seljuk power- appealed to Pope Urban II for military aid. Pope Urban, hoping to divert the Christian kings and princes from... read more