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<blockquote data-quote="The Other Side" data-source="post: 1002178" data-attributes="member: 17969">Seriously?&nbsp; Did you forget about the Christian Crusades??The First Crusade was the most successful from a military point of view.Accounts of this action are shocking. For example, historian Raymond of Agilesdescribed the capture of Jerusalem by the Crusaders in 1099:Some of our men cut off the heads of their enemies; others shot 
them with arrows, so that they fell from the towers; others tortured them longer 
by casting them into the flames. Piles of heads, hands and feet were to be seen 
in the streets of the city. It was necessary to pick one&#039;s way over the bodies 
of men and horses. But these were small matters compared to what happened at the 
temple of Solomon, a place where religious services ware ordinarily chanted. 
What happened there? If I tell the truth, it will exceed your powers of belief. 
So let it suffice to say this much at least, that in the temple and portico of 
Solomon, men rode in blood up to their knees and bridle reins.The Christian Crusades: 1095-1291Please, stay out of the religious arena, youll only sound foolish.PeaceTOS</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Other Side, post: 1002178, member: 17969"] Seriously? Did you forget about the Christian Crusades?? The First Crusade was the most successful from a military point of view. Accounts of this action are shocking. For example, historian Raymond of Agiles described the capture of Jerusalem by the Crusaders in 1099: [INDENT][I]Some of our men cut off the heads of their enemies; others shot them with arrows, so that they fell from the towers; others tortured them longer by casting them into the flames. Piles of heads, hands and feet were to be seen in the streets of the city. It was necessary to pick one's way over the bodies of men and horses. But these were small matters compared to what happened at the temple of Solomon, a place where religious services ware ordinarily chanted. What happened there? If I tell the truth, it will exceed your powers of belief. So let it suffice to say this much at least, that in the temple and portico of Solomon, men rode in blood up to their knees and bridle reins.[/I][/INDENT] The Christian Crusades: 1095-1291 Please, stay out of the religious arena, youll only sound foolish. Peace TOS [/QUOTE]

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