Once inside the city, the Crusaders engaged in a brutal massacre of its inhabitants, sparing neither women, children, nor the elderly. It is estimated that around 70,000 people were killed during the sack of Jerusalem.
After the massacre, the Crusaders established a Christian kingdom in Jerusalem, which would last for almost two centuries. The Crusader states in the Levant were a source of constant conflict with the Muslim world, leading to several more crusades in the following years.
Tortelli After a bit of a break, I go back to posting on Pills of history cooking recipes taken from Artusi , or “Science in the kitchen and the art of eating well by Pellegrino Artusi, which are always very successful. This time I chose the recipe to prepare tortelli, at home
Football is without a doubt the biggest phenomenon in the UK. Just look at the outcry in the face of the recent proposal for European super leagues. If baseball is Americas pastime, then football is Britains all-the-time. Football in the UK is something to be proud of, with many declaring the Premie
It existed before the flood, or maybe it does not exist at all? Is it the cradle of mankind, where the wheel and languages of the world were invented, or a mistake of history created by Russias enemies? When, if at all, was Ukraine created? In the book Pogranicze. Journey through the history o
It is said that necessity is the mother of invention. Unfortunately, but also in the context of bloody armed conflicts. The tools of extermination changed from time to time, and although chemical weapons began to be used on a larger scale during World War I, traces of bioterrorism were recorded in t