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1) The Crusades
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In 1095, Pope Urban II ordered Christians to capture Jerusalem from the powerful Muslim forces that held it. This war would become known as the First Crusade, and many more crusades followed as Muslims and Christians contended for territory in the Middle Ages. Fascinated readers will find out why these wars were waged as well as the lasting effects they had on the Western world.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Presents an illustrated biography Saladin, from his birth into a prominent Kurdish family in Tikrit, Mesopotamia, in 1138, through his wars to regain holy lands in and around Jerusalem, to his death in Damascus on March 4, 1193.
10) Crusades
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Details the events of the Crusades in graphic novel format.
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Biography of Saladin that begins with his conquest of Jerusalem in 1187 and then backtracks to discuss his early life and career against the background of the medieval Muslim world. Subsequent chapters discuss the Crusader Kingdoms, the Third Crusade, Saladin versus Richard I, and the subject's final years.
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