far from its traditional home within the Holy of Holies‚ in fact‚ it is right now resting directly beneath where that room once stood. Scripture references King Hezekiah constructing tunnels under the city of Jerusalem in order to have a source of water to draw on should the city come under siege and be cut off from the surrounding country. 2 Kings 20:20 states‚ "As for the other events of Hezekiah’s reign‚ all his achievements and how he made the pool and the tunnel by which he brought water into the
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This is my longer analysis of the Kingdom of Heaven. Appreciate any feedback. [SPOILER WARNING] The Kingdom of Heaven is an anti-religion humanist epic. The moral of the story is that humanism is better than religion. KOH uses a traditional storytelling formula designed to convince people to reject a particular belief or worldview. A sympathetic hero begins the story believing in the worldview the screenwriter wants to discredit. After seeing the worldview for what it really is (according to the
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Life and times Jeremiah was born and grew up in the village of Anathoth‚ a few miles northeast of Jerusalem‚ in a priestly family. In his childhood he must have learned some of the traditions of his people‚ particularly the prophecies of Hosea‚ whose influence can be seen in his early messages. The era in which Jeremiah lived was one of transition for the ancient Near East. The Assyrian empire‚ which had been dominant for two centuries‚ declined and fell. Its capital‚ Nineveh‚ was captured in 612
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Rubenstein says since Urban was calling for an earthly battle in Jerusalem‚ and the biblical prophecies had predicted a heavenly battle in Jerusalem- it was impossible to not see the link between the two battles. One motivation for pilgrims joining the First Crusade was that they believed that the Apocalypse was nigh‚ and they wanted to be in Jerusalem when these events took place. Additionally‚ some crusaders believed that by going to Jerusalem‚ they could “set in motion the events of Apocalypse.” Essentially
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they threatened access to the holy sites of Christianity in Palestine. Shiite: A follower of the Islamic branch founded by the fourth caliph‚ Ali‚ cousin and son-in-law to Muhammad; the first important minority branch of Islam. Words to Know xxi Siege: Military blockade of a city or fort to make it surrender. Sunni: The majority branch of Islam‚ taking their authority not from direct descendants of Muhammad but from the sunna‚ or practices of Muhammad.
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and controlled the Canaanite town of Jerusalem. 1050 BC : Philistines with there superior in military organization and using iron weapons‚ they severely defeated the Israelites about 1050 BC . 1000 BC : David‚ Israel’s great king‚ finally defeated the Philistines‚ and they eventually assimilated with the Canaanites . The unity of Israel and the feebleness of adjacent empires enabled David to establish a large independent state‚ with its capital at Jerusalem. 922 BC : Under David’s son and
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finally the Hundred Years War. The second section is mainly comprised of how warfare was conducted during the time. It gives accounts to different things that happened and what their significance was. This section splits up into; Fortifications and Sieges in Western Europe‚ Arms Armour and Horses‚ Mercenaries‚ Naval Warfare after the Viking Age‚ War and the Non-Combatant in the Middle Ages‚ and lastly Guns Gunpowder and Permanent Armies. The first and chapter in the book is on the Carolingians and
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The Crusades were a series of wars fought over the control of Jerusalem‚ the holy land. Unlike the Peloponnesian war‚ these wars were rooted in religious beliefs. Fought from 1096 to 1291‚ this series of wars was fought between the Muslim empire and the Christians (History.com staff 2010). Byzantium‚ the remains of the
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And they left their homes straightaway” The First Crusade was unique in the sense that common people‚ including women and children‚ felt compelled to travel thousands of miles under horrendous conditions‚ in order to complete the pilgrimage to Jerusalem and return it to Christian hands. It could be due to the fact that many of the Crusaders felt so close to God that there were so many instances of “divine intervention” on the First Crusade. The first of which occurred in the march across Asia Minor
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The crusades were in most part to help grow Christianity and for Christians to regain control of the holy land known as Jerusalem. The holy land mainly consisted of Muslims who were in control of the city. Pope Urban II wanted to regain Christian territory and the Christian people from the Muslims‚ he thought the Muslims were disrespecting the Christian faith and their holy land. Although the goal for the crusaders was to go after the Muslims to take back from them what they believed was theirs
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