Scholars Unravel Middle East S1E23: The Crusades - huge history in Europe but mostly unknown in the Middle East! This is the unlikely story of the First Crusade's success.
►Were the Crusades the Christian equivalent of Islamic jihad?
►Could the Crusades be explained as the battle of civilizations?
►What motivated Europeans to make the journey to the Middle East for war?
►Who were the Europeans that joined the Crusades? Were they rich? Poor? Middle class?
►What is the relationship between the medieval Crusades and the problems of the modern Middle East?
►Did Middle Easterners benefit from the Crusades – from contact with the Europeans?
►What did Middle Easterners think of the Crusades as they were happening?
►How did the First Crusade succeed?
►How was the geopolitical state of the Middle East when Europeans arrived in the First Crusade?
🚩About my guest:
My guest for this episode is Dr. Thomas Madden of Saint Louis University. He is a professor of Medieval History, the Director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, the Director of the Crusades Studies Forum and the former Chair of the Department of History.
His primary academic research interest is the history and culture of the Mediterranean world, and the bulk of his scholarly publications have focused on the crusading movement, the interaction between the cultures of Latin Christendom, the Byzantine Empire, and the Muslim Middle East.
He has authored many books, including the following we discuss in this two-part episode:
The Concise History of the Crusades, and
The Fourth Crusade: The Conquest of Constantinople
🚩"Why Did Europe Conquer the World": Listen to Dr. Philip T. Hoffman, a professor of Business Economics at Caltech, as he explains in this two-part episode the history of how the Middle East fell behind Europe:
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🎶Music attributions:
1. Opening and closing music of the program:
Santur: Peyman Heydarian playing on the Santur some Iranian music. Recorded with a Sony PCM-D50 at the School of Oriental and African Studies of London on April 7th 2011.
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2. Background music to guest introduction:
The Desert | The Grand Score
The Desert | The Grand Score by Alexander Nakarada (CreatorChords) | https://creatorchords.com
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