jerusalem

During First Crusade's first fight the siege of Nicaea Byzantine Emperor Alexios I made the city surrender to him separately from the Crusades. This alienated them from him. That distrust led the Crusaders into a separate path of not helping Byzantium. Eventually when Alexios refused to relieve...

OTL HRE Conrad decided not to wait for Louis VII of France forces after crossing the Dardanelles, so he marched to the Anatolian interior, after about a month of marching he decided to retreat to regroup thanks to the constant harassment of the turks, while retreating his forces were destroyed...

Hello people! this will be the start of the Tutush timeline as i promised!

So the general feeling, here at least, is that if Stephen of Blois hadn't lost his nerve the day before Antioch fell, not only would relations between the Crusaders and Emperor Alexios have not deteriorated, but there wouldn't have been a six month delay that saw many of the Crusaders, including...

This is in reference to my own First Crusade Timeline, where Jerusalem was conquered in March 1098 vs July 1099. Let us say for sake of argument, that this energizes Pope Urban II to live just another year or two. What kind of changes would he make vs Paschal II? I am specifically interested in...

What if, instead of managing to capture the city, circumstances had wound up such that the crusaders besieging Jerusalem... didn't? Whether a more spirited defense, worse efforts on the parts of the besiegers, or just sheer luck. The Crusaders are crushed outside the walls of the Holy City...

Darius' defeat at Issus is less drastic than OTL, and a portion of Greek mercenaries and Babylonian spearmen manage to escape the battle, deciding to go south to defend the Phoenician cities and ensure they wouldn't get uppity and go over to Alexander, to delay him until Darius can raise another...

Ever since the Second Temple was destroyed by Titus in 70 CE, many Jews have dreamed of building a third temple on the traditional site. These wishes were seemingly granted when Hadrian promised to build a new temple. But Hadrian went back on his word, building a Colonia called Aelia Capitolina...

Saladin's role in more or less removing catholic forces from the holy land is often very much hyped up. He is seen by many as the saviour of the Islamic world from Christian invaders. Now I don't believe in the idea that a great man alone is enough to shape history so drastically. What I'm...

In 363, the Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate attempted to rebuild the Jewish Temple, likely at least partially as part of his efforts to reverse Constantine's Christianization campaign. However, the outbreak of fires forced the project's cancellation, and Christianity reasserted control over...

Author: Lavie Tidhar Title: "Unholy Land" Publication: November, 2018 Page Count: 290 POD(s): Multiple Main POD (mentioned in foreword, so not spoiling anything): 1904. Upon his return from the fact-finding expedition, Nahum Wilbusch recommends to the Zionist Congress the creation of a...

Richard I of England Plantagenet Jerusalem Matilda of Brittany would have survived her own sickness in 1189 and Richard would have wanted to get rid of John and he would think of an idea to get rid of his pesky brother John who could be gotten rid by marrying her to the ruler of Jerusalem...

When researching the crusades I've often came across the notion that some crusaders wanted to conquer Egypt, which makes sense considering it would be important to securing Jerusalem. What would be the best opportunity for the crusaders to successfully do this if at all, how would this kingdom...

By Jerusalem I mean the Old City. OTL Jordan conquered it and expelled all the Jews, destroyed Jewish graves on Mt Olives, and razed many synagogues. Could Israel take it in 1948? How? And how would the conflict change as a result?

The Hungarian king doesn't fall ill during his campaign and leads the Crusaders to victory by defeating the Ayyubid armies and taking Jerusalem alongside with other forts. What are the consequences? What happens next?

In a scenario where the Byzantines win Yarmouk or otherwise repel the Caliphate's invasion, it seems likely that they could hire Arab and Persian foideratoi; Christian and Jewish Arabs emigrating from the Caliphate, some originating from the Ghassanid realm. As well as Christian, Mazdaki...

In the spirit of Not Our Hour and The Selma Massacre, anyone may post an entry in this timeline. BBC World News, July 17, 2015 5:49 PM (Jerusalem Time) BREAKING NEWS: MASSIVE SUICIDE BOMBING AT WESTERN WALL IN JERUSALEM 6:21 PM: We can now confirm that a major terrorist attack has taken place...

Basically an Arab community and a Jewish community gets created in Palestine along the original UN partition plan borders, seen below. The two regions are united under a single federal government in Jerusalem, but with large autonomy given to the two communities, not unlike Bosnia today, or...

What sort of PoD is needed for the Pope to gain the city of Jerusalem as church land (part of the papal states) at the conclusion of the First Crusade? As for this ATL Crusader Kingdom, would it be possible that the far more defensible Antioch be chosen as the seat of government, to make this...