The third Crusade, also known as the "Kings' Crusade" due to the three European monarchs involved, took place between 1189 and 1192 A.D. in order to retake Jerusalem.
The pope and European nobles organized the military campaign to retake Edessa, which had fallen to the Muslim Seljuk Turks in 1144.
The first and most important action to spark off the fuse which would eventually burn down to the explosion of the First Crusade was the rise of the Muslim Seljuks, a Turkish tribe of the steppe.
In the ancient world, Palestine was part the region known as the Canaan, where the kingdom of Israel and the kingdom of Judah were located.
The 193.3 km long Suez Canal, begins at Port Said and ends at the port of Suez, is considered to be the shortest link between the East and the West due to its unique geographical location
On March 27, 1977, two Boeing 747 passenger jets, operating KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736, collided on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport.
The Third Anglo-Afghan War, also known as the Third Afghan War, started on May 6, 1919, when the Emirate of Afghanistan invaded British India
The Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1880) began as a result of the invasion of Afghanistan by the British during the reign of Zaheer Ali Khan
This is a short description of the defeat that the Europeans suffered in Afghanistan more than 150 years ago, with the withdrawal of US-led Western troops from Afghanistan.
