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EPISODE · Jan 1, 2025 · 1H 3M

56 - Return to Dorylaeum

from The Turkish History Podcast · host The Turkish History Podcast

The fall of Edessa to Imad al-Din Zengi sparks the Second Crusade.  Two great crusading armies assemble in Western Europe - a German army led by King Conrad III and a French army led by King Louis VII.  As the crusading armies converge on Anatolia, seeking passage to the Holy Land, the Emperor of the Romans and the Sultan of Rum join forces to oppose them.  The German army decides to march along the route taken by the First Crusaders, and Sultan Mesud seeks redemption on the plains of Dorylaeum...

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