SSC MTS EXAM

SSC

WORLD HISTORY

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“The Crusader states were able to cling to survival only through frequent delivery of supplies and manpower from Europe. [They] were defended primarily by three semi-monastic military orders:the Templars, the Hospitallers, and the Teutonic Knights. Combining monasticism and militarism, these orders served to protect pilgrims and to wage perpetual war against the Muslims.”Palmira Brummett, world historian, 2007“Whenever I visited Jerusalem, I always entered the al-Aqsa Mosque, beside which stood a small mosque which the Franks had converted into a church ____ [T]he Templars, ____ who were my friends, would evacuate the little adjoining mosque so that I could pray in it.”Usamah ibn Munqidh, Muslim historian, Jerusalem, circa 1138The second passage does not support the first passage because the second passage
A
shows that an influx of manpower from Europe was not critical for the survival of the Crusader states
B
shows that Muslims vastly outnumbered Europeans in the Crusader states
C
minimizes the importance of Hospitallers and Teutonic Knights in the administration of the Crusader states
D
presents an incident in which a military order supported a Muslim traveler
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