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To: GVnana

The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II to regain control of the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Christian Holy Land from Muslims. What started as a minor call for aid quickly turned into a wholesale migration and conquest of territory outside of Europe. Both knights and peasants from many different nations of western Europe, with little central leadership, travelled over land and by sea towards Jerusalem and captured the city in July 1099, establishing the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the other Crusader states. Although these gains lasted for fewer than two hundred years, the Crusade was a major turning point in the expansion of Western power, and was the only crusade—in contrast to the many that followed—to achieve its stated goal.........


24 posted on 12/12/2005 6:44:37 AM PST by Red Badger (12: And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him)
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To: Red Badger

Now, you aren't really suggesting that we should atone for the first crusade?


28 posted on 12/12/2005 6:47:40 AM PST by GVnana (Former Alias: GVgirl)
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To: Red Badger

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I like the verse you quote from Bereshith (Genesis) about Esau and also Ishmael. Few people realize it is the middle eastern muslims this is about. They have been against Yisrael (Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, Scandinavin and Jewish people) for three thousand years. I am glad the people in Australia are showing some guts. It is past time for the Yisraeli-Hebrew people to stand up to the Islime terror.


54 posted on 12/12/2005 7:28:12 AM PST by Lewite (Praise YAHWEH and Proclaim His Wonderful Name, His Son Yahshua Messiah is coming soon!)
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To: Red Badger
What started as a minor call for aid quickly turned into a wholesale migration and conquest of territory outside of Europe.

Actually a re-conquest of Christian lands previously conquered by Mohammedans.

56 posted on 12/12/2005 7:33:02 AM PST by Aquinasfan (Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
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