County of Edessa Edessa, located in Armenia, in Celicia, was the most important of the Armenian cities. On the Euphrates, the population was comprised of the Armenian faction (Separated Church) of the Eastern Church. It was actually under the rule of Constantinople, but was in the middle of the expansion of the Seljuk Empire. It was overseen by the Armenian Thoros. He had captured it from the Turks in 1094. Having held it for two years, it was only because of the inability of the Turks
Empire. After that they took Jerusalem in 1099, the people who led the crusade split up afterwards into the Kingdom of Jerusalem, Principality of Antioch, County of Tripoli, and the County of Edessa. The leaders of the crusades then established them as rulers of the states of the Holy Land. Second Crusade: In 1144 Islamic power took over the County of Edessa, the church then called for another military siege to take back the Holy Land. Kings Louis VII of France and Conrad III of Germany led the troops
inadequate education and poor health infrastructure deterred the development of the country. Nevertheless, political stability will ensure that county does not only match the previous growth level but also exceed it. The political stability must also be accompanied with formidable economic reforms so as to guarantee the success of the country’s economic state. The county must address the environmental and health challenges. This will ensure that the environmental hazards of the aftermath of the conflict will
In 1095, Pope Urban the second, was the one who declared religious war against the Muslims now known as the Crusades. In order to get an army, plenary indulgences was offered to anyone who joined resulted in tens of thousands joining in on the campaign. This meant that anyone who joined was “cleansed” of their sins by the Pope which helped believers be more pure in the spiritual world. The crusades began in the late eleventh century by the Western European Christians. These Europeans went with armies
Crusaders reached Jerusalem, and by the time they reached their destination over half of their original group was dead. Within only a month of being in Jerusalem, the Crusaders were able to capture the city by siege. The county of Edessa, the principality of Antioch, the county of Tripoli, and the kingdom of Jerusalem were the four Crusader states that were established along the eastern Mediterranean as a result of the land that was captured during the First Crusade (“Crusades”). Overall, the Crusaders
The crusades were any of the military journeys by European Christian forces during 1095-1291 in the Near East. These holy wars were fought to retrieve the Holy Land in the Near East, as said before, from the Muslims. The first crusades are applicable to the history of exploration because they marked the first endeavor of economic and political expansion by Christian countries beyond Europe. They also caused additional exposure to different cultures. Italy and Italian cities began to thrive after
Because of my strong beliefs, I have been called the Antichrist, a witch, an atheist, and a Satanist. Fervent Christians have told me that my “kind” is solely responsible for the downfall of American morals. Actually, none of these labels fits me. I am not a witch because the only modern religion to practice witchcraft is Wicca (American Heritage 1381), and I am not a Wiccan. I am not a Satanist because modern Satanists do not believe in Satan as an actual entity; instead, they follow a "religion
Crusader Justifications The Crusades are looked upon bleakly in today’s view of history. Anti-Christian “progressives” and the generally historical illiterates attempt to use it as justification of Islamic attacks or why Christianity is an evil or defunct religion. This one-sided popular opinion has caused public condemnation of the Crusades and an entirely subjective version of history taught. The Crusades were morally right, practically right, and worked out for the greater good in the end. The
to accompany on this journey to reclaim the Holy Lands for the Church, but some were more interested in the prospect of new lands to be founded and conquered. The Crusader Kingdoms were given to the Leader of the Army who conquered that land. The County of Edessa was given to Baldwin of Boulogne after manipulating and consequently murdering Thoros the ruler of Edessa at that point of time. The Principality of Antioch fell in the hands of Bohemund after he captured it for himself and disregarding
The First Crusade As the year 1000A.D. was approaching the strength of Christianity in Western Europe was growing along with its population. The newly reformed and organized Church began to gain great power. A new Europe was being born with the Catholic Church as a force in every area of life. In Christian beliefs, the savior, Jesus Christ was to return to earth and bring judgment on its people. Many clergy members along with lay people believed this would take place in the year 1000A.D. . Knowing
Obama’s and Clinton’s words likely encouraged Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies to arrest Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the Coptic Christian filmmaker who produced Innocence of Muslims. He was sentenced to one year at La Tuna Federal Correctional Institution in Texas, supposedly for parole violations tied to an
during the Crusades. Ship builders and merchants in Italy profited from this trade, as Italy in the central trade route between the rest of Europe and the European Crusader states of The Principality of Antioch, The Kingdom of Jerusalem, and the County of Tripoli during the 12th and 13th centuries. Even after Saladin, an Islamic leader from Egypt, had defeated the crusaders, Italian merchant still held their trade connections in Asia Minor and Egypt. After the Bubonic Plague, trade became profitable once
It has been widely accepted from media depiction of terrorist attacks, that they normally occur in the streets of some Middle Eastern town, within a war-torn over ran village seized by a drug cartel, on a train or discotheque in Europe, or somewhere other than in the sky. As stated within The National Counterterrorism Center: Report on Terrorism (2011), traditional or well know tactics account for some 80% of all attacks, terrorist attacks directed toward airlines or air vehicles are less than 2%
there are several practical steps countries can take to prevent the outbreak of war, the first being to avoid imperialism. The practice of imperialism causes not only war, but also resentment between countries. Unmitigated war occurs when two or more counties are fighting over a territory. While France and Britain did not go to war over Fashoda, the race to this part of Africa exemplifies that both countries were willing to fight for the region, even though it had no known value (Ferraro, 20 Feb 2014)
The Crusades began in 1096 when Pope Urban II called for large armies of Christians from Western Europe to come fight for their right to enter the Holy Land of Jerusalem. The Holy Land was taken by a fierce tribe of Muslim Turks called the Seljuks. This conflict led to a total of nine major wars that spanned over about two hundred years and with all this warfare it gave many impacts on the people and society. Although the Crusades had many negative impacts, including the deaths of many innocent Christians
The Crusades “The Crusades: series of wars by Western European Christians to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims.” (Encarta “Crusades”) The Crusades first began in 1096 and ended in the late 13th century. The term Crusade originally meant that the European’s would use all their efforts to regain the power from the Muslims. They wanted to retake the city of Jerusalem, which was holy to Christians because that’s where the crucifixion of Jesus Christ occurred. Europeans later used it to allocate
Syrian intervention was the saver for Lebanon from the war. Lebanese civil war was bloody war and complex conflict, which lasted for more than 16 years and 7 months in Lebanon (April 13, 1975 - Oct 13 1990). Additionally, the roots of the conflicts, comes from the political compromises in the French mandate time over Lebanon and Syria. It returned to appear because of population (demographic) change in Lebanon and the Islamic- Christian religious conflict, as well as rapprochement between Syria