In 1187, the Christian army, for reasons that have never been adequately explained, marched out into the desert, where they were virtually annihilated by a combination of thirst and Turkish arrows.

The Holy City was protected by a weakened Crusader army, who attempted to show a sign of resistance against Saladin by engaging his forces at a hill top known as the Horns of Hattin in July 1187 ...

Geschichte 1187: Saladin erobert Jerusalem Wie Saladin aussah, lässt sich heute nicht mehr rekonstruieren. Langer Bart und ein milder, fast melancholischer Blick – Cristofano Dell’Altissimos Porträt ...

James Reston Jr. is the author, most recently, of "Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade." He is a senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for ...

ZeitZeichen. 02.10.1187 - Sultan Saladin erobert Jerusalem. Stand: 14.04.2016, 14:25 Uhr Jahrelang hatte Saladin getönt, er werde Jerusalem zurück erobern, den "Franken" wieder entreißen.

The West has not been the only purveyor of progress, a point well taken in two new picture biographies. Ideas from long ago and far away inform our modern world in matters of war and peace ...

The battle in July 1187 ended in the defeat and capture of crusader king Guy de Lusignan by Saladin, and was the beginning of the end of the crusader kingdom of Jerusalem. ‘Lord of the Muslim ...

(CN) – A researcher may have discovered the cause of death of one of the most prominent figures of the 12th century, potentially resolving a centuries-long mystery. Often considered the most famous ...