Crusades

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  10/18/2021
  

  Diver Discovers 900-Year-Old Sword Dating to the Crusades

  The sword is dated at 900 years old, and originated in the Third Crusade. 

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• 3/6/2020
  

  Historical Novelists Owe the Truth to Readers–and to History

  by Sharon Kay Penman

  In insisting upon the importance of historical accuracy in novels, I am also making an argument that novels can add a valuable dimension to the study of history.

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• 3/25/18
  

  Were the Crusades Bound to Fail?

  by Nicholas Morton

  But for one stunning defeat in Aleppo they might well have succeeded.

• SOURCE: Fox News
  3-29-13
  

  Syria's cultural heritage under attack during bloody civil war

  Amid a two-year bloody civil war that has killed an estimated 70,000 civilians and left 2.5 million people homeless, a profound loss of another kind has unfolded inside Syria – an attack on the country's cultural heritage, as missiles demolish ancient sites and looters steal artifacts as old as civilization.  More than 12 of the country's 36 museums have been raided and at least six historical sites have been damaged – including the Crusader castle Krak des Chevaliers – since the uprising began in March 2010, according to several international groups tracking the destruction.   Aleppo – one of the most beautiful cities in the Middle East and a crossroads of Christian, Jewish and Arab cultures – is among the hardest hit by the fighting between regime forces and rebels....