“Image of Crusaders during the 11th century First Crusade approaching the Holy City of Jerusalem during the Fall of Jerusalem in 1099, with medieval knights standing before the city’s towering walls.”

The Untold Horrors of the 11th Century First Crusade: Massacres, Cannibalism and the Fall of Jerusalem

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The carnage and destruction unleashed by the European Christians in the 11th century first crusade upon the Islamic lands they invaded, in an apparent bid to avenge the mistreatment of Christian pilgrims, can best be described in one word: Horrific. It did not merely lead to the fall of Jerusalem; it brought about the slaughter […]

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