Crac des Chevaliers ________________________________________ Crac des Chevaliers is the most famous medieval citadel in the world‚ (Qal’at Al-Hosn in Arabic) is sixty five kilometers west of Homs and seventy five kilometers south-east of Tartus‚ Syria. Controlling the “Homs Gap” was the main reason Crac des Chevaliers was built‚ because it was the gateway to Syria. Syria communicated with the Mediterranean through this passage. The site was first settled in the 11th century by the Kurds; as a result
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barricades. As the battle raged on‚ Christian leader La Valette constantly sent requests for reinforcements‚ supplies‚ or any aid available to help defend St. Elmo from the Muslims. The siege of Malta finally broke in 1565 when the Christians pushed back the Muslims and successfully defended Malta from Muslim control. The siege that lasted for three months led to at least 7000 dead for the Christians‚ compared to almost 20‚000 dead Muslims. While these numbers may seem tactically in favor of the Christians
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The Fourth Crusade (1202-1204) was the planned pilgrimage of the crusaders - with their leader‚ Boniface of Montferrat - to retake the Holy Land of Jerusalem from Muslim control. Even before their journey began‚ however‚ trouble was brewing. The Venetians - alongside their Doge‚ Enrico Dandolo of Venice - had agreed to give the crusaders about 500 ships in exchange for a specified payment of silver marks. Unfortunately‚ the pilgrims did not have enough money to pay Venice‚ and had to repay their
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How and why did the Second and Third Crusades fail to match the enthusiasm and success of the First? When Pope Urban II received a petition from the Byzantine Emperor Alexius for military aid to repel the threat of Islam‚ particularly the Muslim Turks‚ he saw an opportunity to repair the Great Schism of forty years and unite the church under papal primacy.1 Europe at this time was not only fervently Christian‚ but its knights‚ although they regarded bloodshed as inherently sinful‚ consistently
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Jonathan Gogol Jim Dumke Intro. OT Exegesis #2 Jeremiah 31:23-40 This particular section of the book of Jeremiah talks about a revelation from Yahweh that entails a promise of a “new covenant” for His people Israel; one that would enable them to fully know and follow Yahweh and his commands. This vision of consolation comes despite Israel’s consistent unfaithfulness to Yahweh‚ and also at a time when the people are truly suffering; by way of the destruction of their land by the hands of
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On the North’s side of the Civil war‚ there were many Generals who helped defeat the Confederate States‚ but Ulysses S. Grant may have been the most important general. Without his knowledge and skill‚ the North most likely wouldn’t have won the war. Before Grant was a general in the Civil War‚ he worked on his family’s farm as a teen. At age 17‚ he entered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point‚ New York. He graduates from West Point in 1843‚ at age 21. Here is where he learned his skills and knowledge
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Key events of World War 2 WW2 started September 1‚ 1939 and ended September 2‚ 1945 Leaders of the Allies were Joseph Stalin‚ Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill Leaders of the Axis were Adolf Hitler‚ Emperor Hirohito and Benito Mussolini 1 September 1939 - Hitler invades Poland 3 September - Britain and France declare war on Germany September 5‚ 1939 - United States proclaims its neutrality September 10‚ 1939 - Canada declares war on Germany November 1939 - The Winter war begins
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Süleyman was the only son of Sultan Selim I. He became sancak beyi (governor) of Kaffa in Crimea during the reign of his grandfather Bayezid II and of Manisa in western Asia Minor in the reign of Selim I. Süleyman succeeded his father as sultan in September 1520 and began his reign with campaigns against the Christian powers in central Europe and the Mediterranean. Belgrade fell to him in 1521 and Rhodes‚ long under the rule of the Knights of St. John‚ in 1522–23. At Mohács‚ in August 1526‚ Süleyman
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It is called the 800mm siege. It is a giant cannon that travels on giant railroads‚ and when the gun is fully assembled it weighed 1‚350 tonnes and could fire shells weighing 7 tonnes as far as 47 kilometers ( Or 29 miles). A Krupp engineer‚ Erich Müller‚ calculated the task to
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of Attica‚ Pericles commanded to move more than one hundred thousand people from Attica to Athens and bring them inside the city walls. As long as Athenian navy would stay supreme‚ Athenians could survive any siege‚ by resupplying from the allies of the empire. The technology of military siege machines in this period was not developed enough to break such walls easily. Consequently‚ regardless of what harm was done to the agricultural lands of Attica during the war‚ the Athenians could rely on sea
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