The Crusades: An Arab Perspective

About the show

The dramatic story of the Crusades seen through Arab eyes – from the seizing of Jerusalem under Pope Urban II in 1099 to its recapture by Salah ad-Din, Richard the Lionheart’s efforts to regain the city, and the end of the movement two centuries later.

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From: The Crusades: An Arab Perspective
Liberation: Acre and the End of the Crusades
From the Third Crusade to the siege of Acre: How the crusader presence in the Holy Land was brought to an end.
Video Duration 47 minutes 02 seconds
Published On 28 Dec 2016
From: The Crusades: An Arab Perspective
Unification: Saladin and the Fall of Jerusalem
We explore how Salah Ed-Din unified the Muslim states and recaptured the holy city of Jerusalem from the crusaders.
Video Duration 47 minutes 54 seconds
Published On 21 Dec 2016
From: The Crusades: An Arab Perspective
Revival: The Muslim Response to the Crusades
This part of ‘The Crusades: An Arab Perspective’ explores the birth of the Muslim revival in the face of the Crusades.
Video Duration 47 minutes 01 seconds
Published On 14 Dec 2016
From: The Crusades: An Arab Perspective
Shock: The First Crusade and the Conquest of Jerusalem
Background to the holy wars and the First Crusade’s conquest of Jerusalem, a holy city for Jews, Christians and Muslims.
Video Duration 47 minutes 10 seconds
Published On 7 Dec 2016