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(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 that there were three main causes for the “demise of the second crusade”
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The Christian Crusades were a series of battles between the Muslims and the Christians in order to claim the Holy Land as their own. Religious and economic tensions are the causes of these numerous crusades. For starters‚ religious tensions occurred when Muslims taught the message of the prophet Muhammad. These teachings went against the christian teachings and the what the christian church believes. Muslims thought they would be able to overrun the traditional christian ideas. At the time‚ Pope
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the heart of the sociological perspective (Berger‚ 1983). In this paper‚ I will explain the sociological perspective of the personality and character of the lead actor‚ Denzel Washington‚ and supporting actor‚ Bruce Willis‚ in the movie called The Siege. Their personalities and characters shaped by the same America society‚ both of them work for a law enforcement agency‚ but their beliefs‚ values and attitude to duty are divergent. My points of reference are based on the theories of Max Weber and
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During the Hundred Years war‚ Joan of Arc was one of the most famous figures of the time known as “the Maid of Orléans. Joan of Arc was and still is known as a saint and a military leader‚ Joan also led the French army to victory over the British during the Hundred Years war. Even though Joan had no military training and had not been taught to read or write‚ Joan of Arc was able to change her society in France by guiding the French army to victory‚ being a strong leader of her time‚ by sacrificing
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Phillip the 2nd of France was also known as Phillip Augustus or French Philippe Auguste. He was born on August 21‚ 1165 in Paris‚ France‚ and died on July 14‚ 1223‚ Mantes. He was one of the first greatest Kings of medieval France. He was one of the kings who gradually reconquered all the French territories held by the kings of England and also other royal domains. Phillip Augustus was a major figure for the third crusade. Phillip indeed travelled to the Holy Land to join in the third crusade from
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weapons were invented to destroy the ever-advancing technology in fortification. The three main categories of weaponry that were most important to the crusades were foot soldiers‚ knights‚ and siege weapons. One of the many siege weapons used during the crusades was the Trebuchet. It was extremely important to sieges and resembles the catapult‚ however the trebuchet was more complicated‚ intercut and damaging than its close relative. The trebuchet used a sling attached on one end to a wooden beam with
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Arc was best known for leading the French against the English in the Hundred Years War at a young age. But she also was important because: she saw visions from God‚ she made her journey to King Charles VII and because she liberated Orleans from the siege. Nowadays she is a saint even though was killed by the Church. She saw visions from God. When Joan was twelve years old she saw Michael the Archangel in a vision‚ he told her that she was to lead the French in a battle against the English. When Joan
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the author of the account places the blame upon Hezbollah for igniting the war against Israel by launching rockets across the border in the years following the departure of Israeli forces from Lebanon‚ after the Lebanese Civil War and the Israeli siege on Beirut. The ADL reports that there were over twenty occurrences of attacks launched by Hezbollah militants on Israel between 2000 and 2006. The ADL‚ however‚ does not conclude its account of the events without addressing errors made by Israel
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it wrought on early modern Europe was similarly significant. It must be stressed however‚ that as David Parrott pointed out‚ Parker was merely moving the revolution into his own specialism‚ namely 16th century warfare with particular respect to siege warfare. The military revolution debate was brought to the open when Micheal Robert talked about his own view on the Military revolution‚ couple with Parker’s view on Military revolution.
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