Siege of Jerusalem

Maddy Gomes What made the First Crusade Successful for Christians? The Crusades were holy wars fought between 1096 and 1291 between the Christians and Muslims for control over the Holy Land of Jerusalem. Pope Urban II initiated the First Crusade stating the need to help free other Christians and the Holy Land from the “blasphemous” Muslims. The First Crusade was significant, not only because it heightened the conflict between the Christians and Muslims, but also because it is the first war that

During the siege of Tyre, Darius offered he would reward Alexander with 10,000 talents and all his territory on the west side of the Euphrates river for his family. Alexander never accepted it. He attacks Tyre in 332, many are killed and many women and children are put into slavery. The conquering of Tyre was one of his greatest accomplishments. He continued going south through Jerusalem to Gaza. At Gaza he got to the walls, and rolled over them into

society began to form. Both the Kingdom of Heaven and The Seventh Seal give viewers an insight into medieval life and society. Kingdom of Heaven, starring Orlando Bloom, is about a young man who quickly rises to the top of society and then defends Jerusalem against Muslim invaders. Balian, a simple blacksmith, is greeted by his estranged father, a Lord in the countryside. In an effort to erase the sins of his wife and himself, Balian agrees to voyage to the Holy Land with his father, Lord Godfrey.

The cycle from Nomadic to sedentary and then conquered by nomads would spin its wheel right into the mighty Empire of Europe, as Roman expansion in Europe spreading its resources thin and the migratory period of nomadic tribes, like the Germanic Goths, to expand south near the black sea, from Scandinavia in the late first century AD. The Roman empire had always been on the offense for centuries, conquering territory after territory, but with every large empire, military units needed to increase to

Upon first glance, it seems as if Jesus had chosen a random time in which to come into the world. In fact, there wasn’t even a nice place for Mary to give birth to Jesus, and she had to give birth to the Son of God in a manger, many miles away from their actual home. However, when you look closer at both the Bible and historical documents of the time, you can determine two important elements: not only was Jesus prophesized in the Jewish Old Testament texts to come at the time He did, but it was also

COVENANT AND PROMISE •     BERITH = Hebrew word for covenant •     Berith is found in the earliest records in the Bible and is fundamental to Hebrew religion. In Latin it is Testamentum. •     The Old Testament and the New Testaments means the old and the new covenants. A covenant is a promise. •     Chesed = Hebrew word for the attitude of loyalty and faithfulness which both parties should observe

Literary Context 2 Kings 19:15-19 contains various theology on prayer and also about who God is. The passage is a simple prayer of King Hezekiah of Judah. And this passage is placed right between 2 King 19 which seems to be the middle of the story of King Hezekiah of Judah but this is the pivotal point of the story. In addition, the passage shows the most critical and difficult state for Hezekiah. He is cornered in by Sennacherib and there is no way out. 2 Kings 19:1-7 is about prophet Isaiah encouraging

still a very controversial topic that spans across various time periods and has religious, social, and political implications. The first crusade started off as a widespread pilgrimage that ended as a military expedition resulting in the recapture of Jerusalem in 1099. The crusades initiated from a call from help from Alexius for the protection of Constantinople and the recovery of Anatolia. For centuries textbooks have repeated with routine regularity, that the immediate cause, of the Crusades was the

When the Challenger space shuttle blew up. Students gathered in the student lounge for hours, watching in disbelief. In a way, it was more existential than September 11. We watched the same ten seconds of the shuttle explosion over and over again, without there being a trace of the Shuttle anywhere in the world. That day was a technological disaster, a mechanical disaster that Americans, in our inimical fashion, could quickly fix. What students watched on September 11, 2001 was a social

fleet and in 1574 recaptured Tunis with a force of 250 galleys and a siege, which lasted 40 days. This battle ended the threat of Ottoman control of Spain and Europe and in 1585. The Ottoman Empire signed a peace treaty and ended the war. Marriage Phillip’s father, Charles V, arranged Phillip’s marriage to Queen Mary I of England. In order to get Phillip to Mary’s level Charles made Phillip the king of Naples and of Jerusalem. They were married on July 25th, 1554 at Winchester Cathedral in Winchester