66 - The Kingdom of Heaven

About this episode

The episode discusses Saladin's rise to power and the fall of Jerusalem during the Crusades.

Saladin consolidates power throughout Syria and northern Iraq, becoming the greatest power in the Muslim world and strangling Outremer. After a crusader provocation, he assembles a great army and marches it into the Levant, ultimately crushing the Crusaders at the Battle of Hattin. Jerusalem itself soon falls to the Ayyubid Sultan. And the shocking news of the fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem causes fear and guilt to spread across Europe, leading the Third Crusade. Soo...

Topics covered

• Saladin
• Crusades
• Battle of Hattin
• Jerusalem
• Ayyubid Sultan
• Third Crusade

Keywords

• Saladin
• Crusades
• Battle of Hattin
• Jerusalem
• Ayyubid Sultan
• Third Crusade
• Outremer

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ayyubid Sultan

Places: Syria, northern Iraq, Outremer, Jerusalem, Europe

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