The Crusader States And the Military Orders The

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The Crusader States And the Military Orders

The Crusader States And the Military Orders

The Modern Middle East

The Modern Middle East

ME in 6 th Century

ME in 6 th Century

The Strategic Setting • A Bi-Polar World • Two Major Powers – Sassanian Persia

The Strategic Setting • A Bi-Polar World • Two Major Powers – Sassanian Persia – Byzantine Empire – World War for Ten Years

Mean Rainfall Determines All

Mean Rainfall Determines All

The Hydraulic Theory • Too little water • Unevenly delivered in space and time.

The Hydraulic Theory • Too little water • Unevenly delivered in space and time. • Drought drives waves of immigration. • Such a drought drove Islamic expansion.

Muhammad

Muhammad

Allah

Allah

The Shahada

The Shahada

Early Expansion

Early Expansion

Early Stability • Equilibrium quickly reached. • Christian pilgrimages permitted • Holy Land in

Early Stability • Equilibrium quickly reached. • Christian pilgrimages permitted • Holy Land in the hands of Egyptian Fatimids in 11 th Century.

Seljuk Turks Ended That • Battle of Manzikert in 1071 • Byzantine Defeat •

Seljuk Turks Ended That • Battle of Manzikert in 1071 • Byzantine Defeat • Catastrophe for Christendom • Emperor appealed to pope for help in spite of schism.

Seljuq Turk Invasion

Seljuq Turk Invasion

Onset of the Turks Manzikert 1071

Onset of the Turks Manzikert 1071

Seljuqs

Seljuqs

Emperor Alexis Comnenus

Emperor Alexis Comnenus

Urban II Preaching the Crusade

Urban II Preaching the Crusade

Clermont

Clermont

An Armed Pilgrimage

An Armed Pilgrimage

Muhammad’s Trip to Paradise

Muhammad’s Trip to Paradise

Crusader Routes

Crusader Routes

Alexius Comnenus

Alexius Comnenus

Anna Comnena

Anna Comnena

Godfrey, Bohemund and Tancred

Godfrey, Bohemund and Tancred

Raymond of Toulouse

Raymond of Toulouse

Christ Leading the Crusaders

Christ Leading the Crusaders

Dorylaeum

Dorylaeum

The Siege of Jerusalem 1099

The Siege of Jerusalem 1099

Jerusalem Besieged 1099

Jerusalem Besieged 1099

Godfrey and his men at the Stone of Anointment

Godfrey and his men at the Stone of Anointment

May God Forgive Me

May God Forgive Me

Duke Godfrey of Bouillon “Advocate of the Holy Sepulchre”

Duke Godfrey of Bouillon “Advocate of the Holy Sepulchre”

Royal Arms of Jerusalem

Royal Arms of Jerusalem

The Crusader States

The Crusader States

The Holy Sepulchre

The Holy Sepulchre

12 th Century Knight

12 th Century Knight

Near East 1135

Near East 1135

Founder of Hospitallers Hugh de Payens

Founder of Hospitallers Hugh de Payens

Templars

Templars

After the Fight

After the Fight

An Aged Templar

An Aged Templar

Teutonic Knight

Teutonic Knight

Teutonic Knight

Teutonic Knight

Kerak of Moab

Kerak of Moab

Belvoir Castle

Belvoir Castle

Shawbak Castle

Shawbak Castle

Krac des Chevaliers

Krac des Chevaliers

The Moat at Krac des Chevaliers

The Moat at Krac des Chevaliers

Kerak Castle

Kerak Castle

Another View of Kerak

Another View of Kerak

Baldwin’s Leper Mask

Baldwin’s Leper Mask

Baldwin the IV and William of Tyre

Baldwin the IV and William of Tyre

The King Baldwin IV

The King Baldwin IV

Saladin

Saladin

Sybilla, Queen of Jerusalem

Sybilla, Queen of Jerusalem

Guy De Lusignan

Guy De Lusignan

Battle of Hattin

Battle of Hattin

Defeat at Hattin

Defeat at Hattin

Defense of Jerusalem 1187

Defense of Jerusalem 1187

After Hattin 1190

After Hattin 1190

The Military Orders

The Military Orders

The 3 rd Crusade

The 3 rd Crusade

King Richard at Acre

King Richard at Acre

A Modern Muslim Image of Saladin

A Modern Muslim Image of Saladin

King Richard

King Richard

The 13 th Century

The 13 th Century

Emperor Manuel Comnenus

Emperor Manuel Comnenus

Crusade in Egypt

Crusade in Egypt

Defense of Acre 1292

Defense of Acre 1292

The Defense of Rhodes by the Hospitallers

The Defense of Rhodes by the Hospitallers

Bodrum, St. Peter’s Castle

Bodrum, St. Peter’s Castle

Muslim Distribution

Muslim Distribution

ME Ethnicity

ME Ethnicity

Knights in Prayer

Knights in Prayer

In the Name of God…

In the Name of God…