Caesarea and the Crusades. In The Joint Expedition to Caesarea Maritima ... 1969. The Excavations in the Old City of Jerusalem. Eretz-Israel 9 :161-174 (Hebrew). Mesqui J. 2014. Césarée maritime: ...

Tourist visit at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem ... and finally the Crusaders. The city was conquered by Saladin on September 30, 1187, by Arab forces ...

Saladin’s letter to Richard is useful in showing the importance of Jerusalem to Muslims and why they were so determined to defend it against Crusaders. ‘The Muslims and the Franks are done for.

It's a common religious emblem dating back to the crusades, embraced by the ... Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of ...

Muslims pray on the last Friday of Ramadan in front of the Dome of the Rock, the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City on May 7 ...

The two ideologies emerged during the Crusades and continue ... replacing its biblical Old Testament nickname as the "Promised Land". They also refused to use Jerusalem's real name, al-Quds ...

Chances are that you'll spend much of your time here. The Old City is home to many of Jerusalem's most sought-after attractions, including the Western Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ...