East and West in Conflict
The era of the crusades is one of the most turbulent, fascinating, and significant periods of world history. I the early second millenium, the struggle for posession of the city of Jerusalem polarised the Eastern and western worlds, creating a situation that appears strangely familiar more than 900 years later.
The Crusades
Damien Fegan tells the story of this world-changing epoch, providing a chronological history of the Crusades and background information of the cultures and personalities involved.
Extensive use of historical reconstructions gives the story the immediacy of a daily newspaper.
Exercises, quizzes, maps, and primary resources are combined to provide the basis for assesments, classroom discussions or research projects.