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Antioch on the Orontes (/ ˈænti.ɒk /; Ancient Greek: Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου, romanized: Antiókheia hē epì Oróntou, pronounced [anti.ó.kʰeː.a]) [note 1] was a Hellenistic Greek city [1][2] founded by Seleucus I Nicator in 300 BC. [3] One of the most important Greek cities of the Hellenistic period, [2] it ...
The First Crusade(1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious wars, or Crusades, initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin Churchin the Middle Ages. The objective was the recovery of the Holy Landfrom Islamic rule. While Jerusalem had been under Muslim rule for hundreds of years, by the 11th century the Seljuktakeover of ...
t. e. The Siege of Jerusalem marked the successful end of the First Crusade, whose objective was the recovery of the city of Jerusalem and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre from Islamic control. The five-week siege began on 7 June 1099 and was carried out by the Christian forces of Western Europe mobilized by Pope Urban II after the Council of ...
Turkey Syria. The Principality of Antioch (Latin: Principatus Antiochenus; Norman: Princeté de Antioch) was one of the Crusader states created during the First Crusade which included parts of Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) and Syria. The principality was much smaller than the County of Edessa or the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Raymond swears fealty to John II and promises to renounce Antioch in return for Aleppo, Shaizar, Homs and Emesa after these towns are conquered. [181] 1138. Early. Raymond orders the arrest of the Muslim merchants in Antioch. [182] Spring. The united Byzantine and crusader armies unsuccessfully besiege Aleppo, but they take al-Atarib and Kafartab.
Map of the territorial extent of the Crusader states (Edessa, Antioch, Tripoli, and Jerusalem) in the Holy Land in 1135, shortly before the Second Crusade. The Crusader states, or Outremer, were four Catholic polities that existed in the Levant from 1098 to 1291. Following the principles of feudalism, the foundation for these polities was laid ...
t. e. Spain in the Middle Ages is a period in the history of Spain that began in the 5th century following the fall of the Western Roman Empire and ended with the beginning of the early modern period in 1492. The history of Spain is marked by waves of conquerors who brought their distinct cultures to the peninsula.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 October 2024. Expansion of the Islamic state (622–750) For later military territorial expansion of Islamic states, see Spread of Islam. Early Muslim conquests Expansion under Muhammad, 622–632 Expansion under the Rashidun Caliphate, 632–661 Expansion under the Umayyad Caliphate, 661–750 Date ...