Episode 254 - Saladin the Strategist with Ben Duval
The History of Byzantium
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What Does Saladin the Strategy Cover?
Saladin is born into what can best be described as the military cast of the Celtic Empire. His father started out up in Armenia, then moved down to Iraq, and that's where Saladin was born. He moves yet again and takes up service with Zengi, which is a name that should be familiar to your listeners. And it's both he and his son, Nur Addin, who end up destroying the county of the Dessa,. The first of the crusader states to fall.
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