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Big Civilization Session 5

East Versus West

Turks Versus Europe

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[Video Introduction of Session]

Richard de-Lion on his way to Jerusalem
Richard de-Lion on his way to Jerusalem

Outline

Course Big Civilization

Session 5 Topics

Topic 1 The Crusades
Topic 2 Constantinople Conquered
Topic 3 Suleiman
Topic 4 Lepanto
Topic 5 Ottoman Decline

Other Sessions

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Headlines

YEAR EVENTS
1095 Clermont: Pope Proclaims Crusade
1099 Jerusalem: 1st Crusade Captures City
1187 Hattin, Palestine: Saladin Destroys Crusader Army
1197 Jaffa: Third Crusade Ends
1271 Tunis: Last Crusade Ends
1456 Constantinople: Ottomans Capture City
1520 Istanbul: Sulieman Begins Reign
1544 Balkans: Ottomans Conquer Most of Region
1571 Lepanto: Christian Powers Defeats Ottoman Navy
1683 Vienna: Polish Army Breaks Ottoman Siege
1799 Mount Tabor: Napoleon Defeats Main Ottoman Army
1878 Berlin: Council Preserves Ottoman Empire
YEAR EVENTS

Concepts

  • The Turks migrated from Central Asia and Conquered the countries along the eastern Mediterranean.
  • Conflict renewed between the Muslim Turks of the Middle East and North Africa and the Christian powers of Europe.
  • Europe emerged from its Dark Age and began to slowly progress through the Medieval Age

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From the History Moments Library

YEAR TITLE AUTHOR(s)
1086 The Spanish Reconquista Samuel A. Dunham
1190 The Teutonic Knights Frederick C. Woodhouse
YEAR TITLE AUTHOR(s)

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Seljuk Empire Territorial Evolution of the Ottoman Empire

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