THE CRUSADES AND THE AGE OF PAPAL DOMINION

Written by hgwells | Published 2023/02/05
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TLDRIt is interesting to note that Charlemagne corresponded with the Caliph Haroun-al-Raschid, the Haroun-al-Raschid of the Arabian Nights. It is recorded that Haroun-al-Raschid sent ambassadors from Bagdad—which had now replaced Damascus as the Moslem capital—with a splendid tent, a water clock, an elephant and the keys of the Holy Sepulchre. This latter present was admirably calculated to set the Byzantine Empire and this new Holy Roman Empire by the ears as to which was the proper protector of the Christians in Jerusalem.via the TL;DR App

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Written by hgwells | English novelist, journalist, sociologist, and historian best known for such science fiction novels as The Time Machine.
Published by HackerNoon on 2023/02/05