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Africa

Also known as African continent · Afrika · afrikanischer Kontinent

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Egypt

Inside Africa

Also known as Ägypten · Arabische Republik Ägypten · Arab Rep. Egypt

The Roman province containing Alexandria and the wider administrative and cultural setting of the story.

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Asia

Also known as Asia continental · Asian continent · asiatischer Kontinent

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India

Inside Asia

Also known as Al Hind · Bharata · Bharat Ganarajya

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Israel

Inside Asia

Also known as Estado de Israel · Estado Judeu · État d'Israël

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Hattin

Inside Israel

The battlefield near the Sea of Galilee where Saladin defeated the main army of the Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1187.

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Japan

Inside Asia

Also known as Estado de Japón · Estado do Japão · État du Japon

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

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Jerusalem

Inside Asia

Also known as Aelia Capitolina · Al-Kuds · al-Quds

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

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Jordan

Inside Asia

Also known as Giordania · Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan · HKJ

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Kerak

Inside Jordan

Also known as Al-Karak · Burg Karak · Castelo de Kerak

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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Kingdom of Jerusalem

Inside Asia

Also known as Crusader Kingdom · Jerusalem · Königreich Jerusalem

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

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Mongolia

Inside Asia

Also known as MGL · mn · Mongalie

Country in East Asia.

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Syria

Inside Asia

Also known as República Árabe Siria · République arabe syrienne · Siria

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Europe

Also known as Alter Kontinent · continente europeo · continente europeu

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Denmark

Inside Europe

Also known as Dan. · Danemark · Danemark métropolitain

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France

Inside Europe

Also known as Fr. · França · Francia

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Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Inside Europe

Also known as Commonwealth of Poland · Comunidade das Duas Nações · Comunidade dos Dois Povos

The early modern federative state whose Crown of Poland territories are the main political and military setting of the story.

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Sweden

Inside Europe

Also known as Kingdom of Sweden · Königreich Schweden · Królestwo Szwecji

The principal setting of the film, represented as a medieval Christian kingdom confronted by the Black Death.

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United Kingdom

Inside Europe

Also known as El Reino Unido · G B · G B R

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England

Inside United Kingdom

Also known as Ang. · Angleterre · Anglia

The kingdom attempting to exercise control over Scotland during the conflict.