Episode 254 - Saladin the Strategist with Ben Duval
The History of Byzantium
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The Crusaders Win-Bade - Is That Correct?
Nur Addin is a bit of a victim of his own success. He's basically stripped away a lot of the crusader territory, but now he's given them very defensible boundaries. So there are two things going on here: The crusaders want to take over Egypt, and Nur Addin wants to takeover Egypt. And it would also give him the resources to finance the wars.
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