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A look at how disease impacted the outcome of the Crusades
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In medieval armies it was really difficult to maintain high standards of personal hygiene as well as consuming the proper intake of vitamins. Hence, the risk of contracting any of the broad range of the existing diseases was extremely high.
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A look at King Richard I's conquest of Cyprus
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King Richard I’s conquest of Cyprus is another proof that historical coincidences are the result of historical circumstances that occur at specific places, specific times are nothing, but coincidental.
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What was the Albigensian Crusade?
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Launched in 1209, the Albigensian Crusade was military campaign against Catharism in Languedoc. The Cathar heresy had grown to an upsetting mass phenomenon that the Catholic Church had not faced since the early days of Christianity.
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Who were the Teutonic Knights?
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The Order of the Teutonic Knights of St. Mary's Hospital in Jerusalem was one of the three major military-religious Orders that emerged in the 12th and 13th century, along with the Knights Templar and the Knights Hospitaller.
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The immediate cause of the first crusade
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A series of interrelated events had previously shaped the landscape that inevitably led to the launch of the Crusades and their unparalleled popular support that founded the religious vigor of the 12th century.
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An overview of the Knights Templar
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The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, commonly known as the Knights Templar, are among the most famous of the Western Christian military-religious Orders, and existed for nearly two centuries from 1129 to 1314 AD.
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The lasting effects of the Crusades on the Middle East
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Interestingly enough, despite the war, suffering, disorder and crime, the Crusades contributed immensely in the history of the progress of civilization in Europe. At the same time, they greatly affected the Arab world.
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Events in western Europe that led to the Crusades
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The origins of the Crusades are traced in a series of developments in the Western Europe in the early years of the Middle Ages, but also in the worsening situation of the Byzantine Empire in the East.
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The history of the Jews during the Crusades
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The Crusades shaped the turning-point in the medieval history of the Jews. Their massacre during the Crusades destabilized fatally their economic and social position. Christian anti-Semitism became even stronger than before making the Jews less important.
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The greatest rap duos of all time
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In the extensive quest for true prominence, hip-hop has unfurled some of its most influential forces. Legendary rap duos have transcended rap music to a new level, enhancing its truth and echoing its philosophy in the most thriving way.
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