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Saladin could meanwhile claim to be fighting a holy war against both. Not to mention, he was a superior general.

In May 1174 the great atabeg of Aleppo Nur ad-Din died, setting off a chaotic chain of events.

His father Zengi had conquered most of Syria and Mesopotamia, the first real threat to the existence of the Christian Crusader states on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean.

Each molecule is then constrained by several bonds, keeping it fixed in place. The balance of forces keeps the emerging structure rigid and intact.

When conditions are right, these highly-ordered structures form spontaneously from the chaos of liquid solutions.

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-410, 30-40k Goths sack Rome, pop. ~500-800k
-1084, 36k Normans & Saracens sack Rome, pop. ~15k
-1527, 20k Germans & Spaniards sack Rome, pop. ~55k

Ratios:
410: ~1:20
1084: ~2:1
1527: ~1:3

1084 is the outlier, an army larger than the conquered population.

Were Amedeo Preziosi's watercolors of 19th-c. Istanbul the ultimate inspiration for that distinctive style of early 20th-c. Orientalist illustrations? https://t.co/giKnKIJ4Q8

Painting of the aurora borealis during Isaac Hayes' 1860 Arctic expedition.

A Detailed Map of Medieval Trade Routes in Europe, Asia, and Africa.
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Other cities were no different. The Florentines built their palaces as fortresses, and the Genoese even built internal walls to divide different factions' quarters.

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Unlike French chivalric romances (and Chaucer), which opened with the first bloom of spring, English romances often took place around Christmas.