WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In the Third Crusade, Richard the Lionhearted fought which Muslim leader?
A
Frederick Barbossa
B
Saladin
C
Constantine XI
D
Marco Polo
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Battle of Jaffa, (5 August 1192). The final battle of the Third Crusade led directly to a peace deal between England’s King Richard the Lionheart and Muslim leader Saladin that restricted the Christian presence in the Holy Land to a thin coastal strip, but ensured its survival for another century.

Detailed explanation-2: -Saladin was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, the first sultan of Egypt and Syria and the man who united the Muslim world against the Crusader forces of Europe. He famously recaptured Jerusalem from the Crusaders in 1187, which ended the Second Crusade.

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