Assassins vs Templars: The Crusades
Echoes of History
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The Crusades and the Near East
In the Muslim Near East, it's the memory of the Crusades. The idea doesn't go away but 1291 is the end of the line of Christian rule in the Near East. In the 19th century when Western Europeans start coming into the Mediterranean again, they themselves look back to the crusading era. So that then brings this idea that's been there in the ether, shall we say, back to prominence.
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