With Prof. John Hosler discussing Jerusalem from the 7th to 13th centuries

#214.

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With Prof. John Hosler discussing Jerusalem from the 7th to 13th
century

We discussed the conquest of 614, the story of Jewish
ransom/killing and truth/falsity of it, liberation in 630 by
Emperor Heraclius, Islam and the history of Sunni & Shia and
the impact on Jerusalem, the Jews of Jeruslam during the time of
the Geonim,  the Turkish conquest, the first crusade in 1098
- 1099 and the conquest of Jerusalem, reconquest by Saladin the
Merciful, Richard the Lionheart and the third crusade, Jerusalem
at the end of the 13th century and Ramban's testimony, and much
more

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