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100 1 $aMorton, Nicholas Edward.
245 14$aThe field of blood :$bthe battle for Aleppo and the remaking of the medieval Middle East /$cNicholas Morton.
250 $a1st de.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bBasic Books,$c2018.
300 $avii, 236 p. :$bmaps ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"The First Crusade was remarkably successfully for the western European forces. Charging in on their heavy cavalry, Frankish armies swept across the Middle East, capturing major cities and setting up the Crusader States in the Levant: the kingdom of Jerusalem, the principality of Antioch, and the counties of Edessa and Tripoli. It appeared that a sustained western conquest of the region was inevitable. Why, then, did the crusades ultimately fail? To answer this question, historian Nicholas Morton focuses on a period of bitter conflict between the Franks and their Turkish enemies, when both factions were locked in a struggle for supremacy over the city of Aleppo. This conflict came to a head at the Battle of the Field of Blood in 1119. Fought between tribal Turkish warriors on steppe ponies, Arab skirmishers, Armenian bowmen, and European knights, the battlefield was the amphitheatre into which the peoples of Eurasia poured their full gladiatorial might. Ultimately, the Crusader army was all but annihilated by the Turks, and its impact reverberated across the region. Their devastating loss marks a turning point in the history of the crusades--the moment when the Christian advance in Northern Syria stalled and the momentum of crusader conquest began to evaporate. Moreover, this battle sheds new light on the shape of a conflict many consider as a simple Christian v. Muslim struggle.
650 0$aCrusades.
650 0$aAger Sanguinis, Battle of, Syria, 1119.
651 0$aSarmada? (Syria)$xHistory.
651 0$aSyria$xHistory$y750-1260.
651 0$aIslamic Empire$xHistory$y750-1258.