Continuing the discussion, Noah Millman offers an interesting alternative counterfactual: Imagine, if you will, that the Third Crusade was a smashing success. Richard Lionheart wins a huge and surprising victory over Saladin and recaptures Jerusalem. Saladin’s dominion splinters, and the Saracens are unable to make a renewed assault on the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Instead, an … Continue reading The Lost History Of Outremer