Medieval death on the Nile
Thomas Smith relates the saga of the remarkable crusade on the Nile that came close to reshaping the Near East.
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The Fifth Crusade: A History of the Epic Campaign to Conquer Egypt
The medieval Crusades in the Middle East were a series of expeditions from AD 1097 to 1291. The First Crusade had, against the odds, succeeded in capturing Jerusalem and the Holy Land for the Latin Christians in 1099. Holding the…