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The Field of Blood - The Battle for Aleppo and the Remaking of the Medieval Middle East (Hardcover)
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The Field of Blood - The Battle for Aleppo and the Remaking of the Medieval Middle East (Hardcover)
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In 1119, the people of the Near East came together in an epic clash
of horses, swords, sand, and blood that would decide the fate of
the city of the Aleppo-and the eastern Crusader states. Fought
between tribal Turkish warriors on steppe ponies, Arab foot
soldiers, Armenian bowmen, and European knights, the battlefield
was the amphitheatre into which the people of Eurasia poured their
full gladiatorial might. Carrying a piece of the true cross before
them, the Frankish army advanced, anticipating a victory that would
secure their dominance over the entire region. But the famed
Frankish cavalry charge failed them, and the well-arranged
battlefield dissolved into a melee. Surrounded by enemy forces, the
crusaders suffered a colossal defeat. With their advance in
Northern Syria stalled, the momentum of the crusader conquest began
to evaporate, and would never be recovered.
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