crusades

Documentary on the history of the Christian Crusades to capture the Holy Land from the Muslims.

"As vessels in their thousands burn through the cold void, the attention of Fleetmistress VanLeskus turns to the Machorta Sound--a region under attack by a dreaded Slaughter Host of the Dark Gods. The success of the Indomitus Crusade will be determined by this conflict, and the desperate mission of Strike Group Saint Aster, led by Space Marine Lieutenant Messinius. Even then it is but a prelude to the forthcoming bloodshed"--Provided by publisher.

In this reimagination of the legend of Robin Hood, Rahma al-Hud and her older sister Zeena travel to Jerusalem for a final mission, and on their way they assemble a ragtag band of misfits and get swept up Holy Land politics.

A biography of the sultan Saladin who formed the Islamic Empire and fought off the Crusaders in the twelfth century.

In this reimagination of the legend of Robin Hood, Rahma al-Hud and her older sister Zeena travel to Jerusalem for a final mission, and on their way they assemble a ragtag band of misfits and get swept up in Holy Land politics.

"In 1095, Pope Urban II ordered Christians to capture Jerusalem from the powerful Muslim forces that held it. This war would become known as the First Crusade, and many more crusades followed as Muslims and Christians contended for territory in the Middle Ages. Readers will find out why these wars were waged as well as the lasting effects they had on the Western world. Maps and a timeline help them follow the action, while . . . historical artwork illustrates the key figures in this . . . time in history"--Provided by publisher.

Cartoons and facts combine to describe the experiences of European knights fighting in the Crusades, covering the reasons men became Crusaders, how they prepared to leave home, what kind of armor and weapons they used, what the Turks were like and what they were fighting for, and how battles were fought.

Freddy the golden hamster and his animal cohorts, along with a computerized, robotic golden hamster, travel back in time to Assyria, where some of them are captured by crusaders and Freddy gets a taste of undomesticated living.

Tuckman reavels the Crusades, cathedrals, domistic life, religion and politics of the fourteenth century.

An illustrated biography of twelfth-century Egyptian and Syrian leader Saladin, which describes the Muslim world at that time, Saladin's childhood and rise to power, his military prowess and chivalry, and the Crusades.