
The Crusades
Half-Hour History: Secrets of the Medieval World
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The Crusades: A Comparison of Christians and Muslims
The holy sepulcher that had been built by Constantine in the 330s with his mother Helena was burned down in 1009. A character called the mad caliph hakeem who happened to be in Egypt now through some very strange twists and turns far from that area in France a bunch of Christians decide that the Jews in their area were responsible for Jesus' death. There's this admiration not always be grudging of the military skill but real misunderstanding about the other's religious beliefs. The idea of crusading is transferred to within and if you fight heretics then that is going to help you get to heaven as well so crusading has developed over time. Right about the time the crusades
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