Civilizations collide when the transcendental values that govern them are used to define identity. During the Crusades, the Christian belief that God was immanent in the person of Jesus Christ collided with the Islamic vision that God is transcendent. For the Christian world all that was holy and venerable was embodied in the Cross of the Holy Sepulcher on which Jesus is believed to have been...

Constructive early morning, WNBA supporters. The moment a recreation-free of charge Monday evening, wee received a 3-match slate upon Tuesday like 2 game titles with significant playoff implication , specified that the Lynx and Solar are in just a restricted race for the extremely-coveted #2 seed. Here what the league is made up of inside of retailer for tonight: The Minnesota Lynx vs the...

For a brief moment, towards the end of the 12th century, the Muslim world was politically united under one caliph ruling from Baghdad. This political unity, rare in Islamic history, projected itself on the military plane. In West Asia, the Crusaders were ejected from Palestine, Lebanon and Syria. Salahuddin recaptured Jerusalem in 1187. Four years later, in 1191, Muhammed Ghori of Ghazna...