This week in history witnessed a small band of Christian knights terrify and brutally defeat a massive horde of Muslims. On July 27, 1192, Saladin, the great sultan-hero of Islam, surrounded and besieged the tiny Christian-held town of Jaffa. According to contemporary chronicles, the Muslims numbered as much as 20,000 and “covered the face of […]
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