Defending the Crusader Kingdoms

This blog is dedicated to discussing the Crusader Kingdoms of Jerusalem and Cyprus. Dr. Schrader holds a PhD in History from the University of Hamburg. For more information visit: http://defenderofjerusalem.com or http://crusaderkingdoms.com

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Trade after the Fall of the Crusader Kingdoms

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The Mamluks followed a conscious policy of not only slaughtering and enslaving the inhabits of the cities they conquered, but then destroy...

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Tuesday, June 9, 2020

The Impact of the Crusades on Trade in the Middle East

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Prior to the crusades, the coastal ports of the Levant had fallen into a period of neglect and decay. Trade between the various parts of...

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Saturday, May 23, 2020

Balian of Beirut: Part II

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Balian, the Lord of Beirut’s eldest son and heir, was the head of the Ibelin family in the fourth generation of the House. He was a gra...

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Helena P. Schrader: Helena P. Schrader is a former U.S. diplomat, who earned her PhD in Modern History from the University of Hamburg. She spent roughly one-third of her life in Berlin and first explored the pivotal events of the Berlin Crisis 1948-1949 in her comprehensive non-fiction study The Blockade Breakers: The Berlin Airlift. Schrader is the author of twenty novels, twelve of which have earned one or more literary awards. Three of her books have also attained "best-seller" status on amazon, including #1 Best Seller in the categories Aviation History and Wartime Fiction.

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