The Decisive Battles of World History

x In particular, it strengthened the ties between England and France and ensured that England would be embroiled in continental ...

Lecture 11: 1187 Hattin—Crusader Desert Disaster 1187 Hattin—Crusader Desert Disaster .......................................... ...

x From the European perspective, the First Crusade had been a spectacular success, exceeding all of its goals in just a few yea ...

Lecture 11: 1187 Hattin—Crusader Desert Disaster desired end, but almost all major campaigns were fought by uneasy coalitions wi ...

o Guy de Lusignan was the choice of a group of nobles who favored a hostile approach to the Muslims and staged a coup at court i ...

Lecture 11: 1187 Hattin—Crusader Desert Disaster Guy was with the center group, which carried the most valuable Christian religi ...

In the end, they were overrun, and most of the knights surrendered. The prisoners included nearly every major Christian leader. ...

Kedar, ed., The Horns of Hattin. Nicolle, Hattin 1187. Riley-Smith, The Crusades. Do you think the Crusades were ultimately doo ...

1260 Ain Jalut—Can the Mongols Be Stopped? .............................. Lecture 12 W hat do these warriors have in common: a t ...

Lecture 12: 1260 Ain Jalut—Can the Mongols Be Stopped? o They were highly adaptable, quickly applying any new technology that se ...

Another Mongol army invaded Eastern Europe and wiped out an entire army of heavily armored Russian knights. x Genghis Khan died ...

Lecture 12: 1260 Ain Jalut—Can the Mongols Be Stopped? subjugation of Persia, to eliminate the Assassins, and to obtain the subm ...

could arrive. He resolved to meet the Mongols before they reached Egypt, while their numbers were at a minimum. x A wild card w ...

Lecture 12: 1260 Ain Jalut—Can the Mongols Be Stopped? x Sensing a crisis point, Qutuz personally led another counterattack WKD ...

x Second, it ensured the survival of the Islamic states, which would rebound from the Mongol incursions to control most of the ...

Lecture 13: 1410 Tannenberg—Cataclysm of Knights 1410 Tannenberg—Cataclysm of Knights ........................................ L ...

x At the time of Tannenberg, the grandmaster of the order was Ulrich von Jungingen, from a noble southern German family. Over t ...

Lecture 13: 1410 Tannenberg—Cataclysm of Knights The Poles and the Lithuanians x In the late 14th century, the youngest daughte ...

The Campaign x The situation was volatile, and the spark that ignited it into open warfare was a rebellion against the Teutonic ...

Lecture 13: 1410 Tannenberg—Cataclysm of Knights vulnerable condition they could then be counterattacked. This was a classic mov ...