Guyana. The town’s name was “Jones Town‚” and it was named by Jim Jones. The purpose of the town was to bring Jim Jones’ believers together and live happily ever after‚ but turns out to be a huge tragedy for those who were living in Jones Town. Around 909 people committed suicide by drinking poison under the command of Jim Jones. There were few survivors‚ but they have lost their family members (Nelson). Without any doubt‚ Jim Jones was the reason of this tragedy. Jim Jones was born in 1930‚ where is
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Cameron 1 Children’s Crusade The Children’s Crusade is considered by most to be a minor crusade. Others do not believe it ever happened. That may be because historians don’t have much intel to go on. The fate of the French children is largely speculated. The Crusade started in 1212‚ when a young French boy‚ Stephen of Cloyes‚ thought he received a letter from Christ ordering him to peacefully win back the Holy Land from the Muslims. The credibility of him receiving this letter is slim‚ because he
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When talking about “The crusades” hatred and violence comes to mind. Crusades were spiritual combats between Christians and Muslims for the control over the holy land. The holy land is in Israel and Palestine and it reserves the holy places for Jews‚ Christians‚ and Muslims. They see this place as blessed because it is the location where Jesus lived and where the church initiated. There were wars for territory that killed many. Many who participated in these crusades usually wore a cloth cross as
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The Crusades The crusades were a major part in the history of the middle ages‚ many people died for what they believed in. The crusades was a war between the Christian and Muslim faith. The Christians believed that the Muslim religion was growing too fast and was going to take over the Christian faith. Many of the battles were to take control of the Holy Land Jerusalem‚ and the battles were always bloody and many people died. Many of the people who fought in the crusades died for what they believed
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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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three important reasons for the Crusades: including‚ names‚ dates‚ places‚ persons of interest‚ events‚ edicts‚ etc… One of the main reason for the crusades was to take back their holy land which was Jerusalem. Two main religions fought for the ownership of Jerusalem and they were Christians and Muslims. The Pope Innocent III was trying to expand the holy Roman Empire and reclaim the holy land from the Islamic Empire. This event lead to the start of the first crusade which began in the year 1096. Another
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the failure of the Third crusade? The third crusade was launched in 1189 due to the catastrophic defeat of Crusader forces at the Battle of the Hattin‚ in 1187‚ and the subsequent loss of Jerusalem. The news of this significant setback was‚ according to the chronicler Ernoul‚ so great that‚ Pope Urban died of grief when he heard the news. As a result‚ the newly elected Pope issued a Papal bull called the “Audita Tremendi” and in turn the three most powerful Christian kings in Europe took up the cause
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Intentions Nicholas Garrigan from the film The Last King of Scotland and Lady Macbeth from the play Macbeth have intimate relationships with their king. Many murders take place throughout both of the stories while the kings are in power. Garrigan and Lady Macbeth have the power to influence the kings. Readers of Macbeth and viewers of The Last King of Scotland might assume that Lady Macbeth and Nicholas Garrigan have the same motives and influence the kings to commit the horrendous murders. However
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The Crucible is undoubtedly one of the most interesting plays that has been written‚ and it is not that way only because of its creative story tale‚ but also because of the ideas that were conveyed through some of the characters. Arthur Miller wrote the play during the communist era and used the campaign of McCarthyism as the base of the story. In this period of Miller’s life‚ he was brought to court and had to confess to being a communist. While being held on trial‚ he confessed about himself but
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The Crusades was one of the most violent military campaigns in the world. Added to that‚ the Crusades cause many positive things‚ but also caused some negative things as well. Before the Crusades‚ most Muslims did not allow Christians into the sacred places like Jerusalem‚ this sparked the Crusades. The Crusades had a massive effect on the conflict between Christians and Muslims. The Crusades started at the beginning of the 11th century Europe was becoming one of the largest civilization on the
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