Asie

The Arab Revolt was an uprising led by Sharif Hussein ibn Ali and his sons, supported by Britain, against the Ottoman Empire during World War I.

A series of religiously framed military expeditions, principally involving Latin Christian powers and the eastern Mediterranean, extending from the late eleventh through the late thirteenth century.

The Iraq War began with the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003 and continued through the withdrawal of most U.S. forces in 2011. American Sniper depicts combat operations during this conflict and its effects on a returning veteran.

A series of Japanese invasions of the Joseon kingdom of Korea from 1592 to 1598, involving Japanese, Korean, and Ming Chinese forces.

A Latin Christian crusader state established in the Levant after the First Crusade, centered on Jerusalem and later reorganized around coastal strongholds after the city’s loss in 1187.

The Roman Empire in the late second century CE, during the reign of Marcus Aurelius and the early reign of Commodus.

The imperial dynasty governing China during the film’s setting.

Global war from 1939 to 1945.

The reign era associated with the film’s political and geographic setting.

The early imperial period of the Achaemenid Persian state under Cyrus II, including its eastern and northeastern expansion.

A major crusade launched after Saladin’s reconquest of Jerusalem, involving European rulers and campaigns in the Levant from 1189 to 1192.

Saladin’s decisive victory over the army of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, which destroyed the kingdom’s main field force and opened the way for the reconquest of Jerusalem.

A naval battle in which the Joseon fleet under Admiral Yi Sun-sin defeated a much larger Japanese force in the Myeongnyang Strait.

The People's Liberation Army's advance into Tibet in 1950 ends the period of relative isolation represented in the film and prompts Harrer's departure.

The Roman execution of Jesus of Nazareth in Jerusalem during the prefecture of Pontius Pilate.

The 1877 uprising of former samurai in southwestern Japan against the Meiji government, ending with the defeat of the rebels and the death of Saigō Takamori.

Saladin’s siege of Jerusalem, ending with the city’s surrender on October 2, 1187, after the defeat of the crusader army at Hattin.

The major Tang rebellion whose aftermath shaped the fragmented political order represented in the film.

Jewish preacher whose ministry and crucifixion form the narrative center of the film.

Roman prefect of Judea who presided over the authority responsible for Jesus’s crucifixion.

guerrier, écrivain et poète de Chine antique

Joseon admiral and naval commander who led the Korean victory at the Battle of Myeongnyang.

The Ayyubid sultan who defeated the crusader army at Hattin and retook Jerusalem in 1187.

quatorzième dalaï-lama, chef spirituel des Tibétains

troisième empereur mogol, Inde

roi de Macédoine et conquérant de la Perse achéménide (356-323 av. J.-C.)

The principal setting, undergoing political centralization, military modernization, and the decline of the samurai order.

région culturelle d'Asie orientale

The major political and religious center of Judea and the setting for much of the film’s story.

Capital city of South Korea and a major historical setting for modern Korean political history.

Country on the southern part of the Korean Peninsula.

Country in Southeast Asia.

Country in East Asia.

Capital of the Roman Empire.

The Latin Christian polity in the Levant where the film’s court politics, frontier warfare, and defense of Jerusalem unfold.