Kingdom of Heaven
After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.
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Primary placement confidence: high. Importance on the World History timeline: 5/5.
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- Historical accuracy
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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.
Open profile →Crusader kingdom in the Levant established in 1099 and continuing in changing territorial form until the fall of Acre in 1291.
Open profile →A major crusade launched after Saladin’s reconquest of Jerusalem, involving European rulers and campaigns in the Levant from 1189 to 1192.
Open profile →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.
Open profile →Saladin’s siege of Jerusalem, ending with the city’s surrender on October 2, 1187, after the defeat of the crusader army at Hattin.
Open profile →A prominent nobleman of the Kingdom of Jerusalem who commanded the defense of Jerusalem during Saladin’s siege in 1187.
Open profile →The Ayyubid sultan who defeated the crusader army at Hattin and retook Jerusalem in 1187.
Open profile →King of Jerusalem from 1174 to 1185, remembered for his military and political struggle against Saladin despite suffering from leprosy.
Open profile →King of Jerusalem from 1186 to 1192 and commander of the crusader army defeated at Hattin.
Open profile →Queen of Jerusalem from 1186 to 1190 and the wife of Guy of Lusignan.
Open profile →The battlefield near the Sea of Galilee where Saladin defeated the main army of the Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1187.
Open profile →The major political and religious center of Judea and the setting for much of the film’s story.
Open profile →The Latin Christian polity in the Levant where the film’s court politics, frontier warfare, and defense of Jerusalem unfold.
Open profile →A major crusader castle and lordship in Transjordan, historically associated with the lordship of Oultremer and the tensions preceding the 1187 campaign.
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