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The Crusades

Almanac

The Crusades

Written by Michael J. O’Neal

Edited by Marcia Merryman Means and Neil Schlager

Almanac

The Crusades: Almanac

Written by Michael J. O’Neal

Edited by Marcia Merryman Means and Neil Schlager

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The Crusades: Almanac / written by Michael J. O’Neal ; edited by Marcia Merryman Means and Neil Schlager.

p. cm. – (The Crusades reference library)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-7876-9176-3 (alk. paper)

1. Crusades–Juvenile literature. I. Means, Marcia Merryman. II. Schlager, Neil, 1966-

III. Title. IV. Series.

D157.O34 2004

909.07–dc22 2004018003

Printed in the United States of America

10987654321

Contents

Reader’s Guide .................... vii

Timeline of Events ................... xi

Words to Know .................... xv

Research and Activity Ideas .............. xxi

Chapter 1: Geographical Worlds at the

Time of the Crusades .................. 1

Chapter 2: The Holy City of Jerusalem .......... 20

Chapter 3: Pilgrimages to the Holy Land and

Communities in the Holy Land ............. 33

Chapter 4: Origins of the Crusades ........... 48

Chapter 5: Division of Shiite and Sunni Muslims ..... 69

Chapter 6: History of the Crusades ........... 81

Chapter 7: Muslim Response to the Crusades and the

Cairo/Baghdad Caliphate Split ............ 115

Chapter 8: Jewish People Caught in the Crusades .... 125

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