The Crusades Through Arab Eyes

According to Amin Maalouf, “It seems clear that the Arab East still sees the West as a natural enemy. Against that enemy, any hostile action-be it political, military, or based on oil-is considered no more than legitimate vengeance. And there can be no doubt that the schism between these two worlds dates from the Crusades, deeply felt by the Arabs, even today, as an act of rape” (Amin Maalouf). When reflecting on The Crusades Through Arab Eyes, this quote always sticks out as the most powerful piece

According to Amin Maalouf, “It seems clear that the Arab East still sees the West as a natural enemy. Against that enemy, any hostile action-be it political, military, or based on oil-is considered no more than legitimate vengeance. And there can be no doubt that the schism between these two worlds dates from the Crusades, deeply felt by the Arabs, even today, as an act of rape” (Amin Maalouf). When reflecting on The Crusades Through Arab Eyes, this quote always sticks out as the most powerful piece

Rich in delightful episodes and dramatic events, spread over two centuries and three continents, the Crusades were one of the fascinating events of Muslim-Christian encounters. The Crusades constitute a series of almost two-century-long military campaigns (1095-1291) conducted by the Christians of Western Europe against the Muslims in the land of Palestine and the eastern Mediterranean coastal strip. The Christian aim was to wrest the Holy Land, Jerusalem, from the Muslims. Annoyed, angered, frightened

The Crusades were Holy Wars during the 11th century that intended to expand Christian territory. The Crusades began when Christians initiated military campaigns to take control of the Holy Lands around the city of Jerusalem. Ever since the fall of the Roman Empire, Christianity had been so strong that people were able to spread it through campaigning. Different people from the time period of the Crusades have varying viewpoints on it, a few of which being that the Crusades caused fear and destruction

modern word “crusade” derives from cruce signati (“those signed by the cross”), a descriptive term used occasionally after the twelfth century to refer to crusaders” (Madden, p.1). But during the time of the First Crusade what did “crusade” mean? What about the “First Crusade”? The First Crusade can be viewed from various perspectives; like the authors who were eyewitnesses of it, people who were hurt by it, or the people who initiated it. Specifically, during the time of the First Crusade there were

The Crusades are commonly classified as an act of Christian aggression against the weakened and fractured Muslims. There are many mistakes with this view, the Crusades were not against Arabs specifically, despite what is commonly believed. As mentioned in “Our Worlds Story” and some others, the Arabs were under attack by a steppes horde from Asia called the Seljuk Turks. The Seljuk and Arabs, despite both being Sunni Muslims had been in conflict against each other since the late 900’s. The Seljuk

the significance of Jerusalem being very high in the eyes of the Christian faith, there was very little doubt that there would be a battle to maintain or regain control of Jerusalem. Nine of the main conflicts, to preserve Jerusalem for the Christian faith, are known throughout history as the Crusades. During each crusade the theme was the same; recover the lands that were taken by people who were believed to be the enemies of God. The Crusades were fought to restore all holy lands and the lands that

the Muslims who lived in Jerusalem were peaceful? In fact, the Turkish Muslims were the ones who shed the blood of many Christian pilgrims and took any belongings that they owned. The holy wars or the crusades are the name of a war that most people have heard at one point in their lives. The Crusades was a campaign to free Jerusalem, the holy city, which has great significance to Christians due to the city being the place where Jesus’ body was buried. The Europeans and Christian people strongly believed

Megan Mackey Professor Raja Atallah English 1102 17 April 2017 Research Paper William Shakespeare once said, "All the World’s a Stage" —and now his quote can be applied to his literature within his tragedies (William Shakespeare 1). The generation of people today have a much different definition of tragedies than people did during the Shakespearean times. Shakespeare’s tragedies involve a protagonist whose character is developed so that it is clear that he is a heroic figure in the setting of the

As they stood divided, the kingdom was taken from them by a 1 Jonathan Riley-Smith, The Oxford History Of The Crusades (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999), 1. 2 Ibid., 2. powerful and exceedingly unified power who, seeing their instability, rejoiced and seized the opportunity to regain the Levant and expel the Franks back to Europe. In the film Kingdom