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FIRST CRUSADE, 1099. European knights capture Jerusalem in this fanciful manuscript

FIRST CRUSADE, 1099.
European knights capture Jerusalem in this fanciful manuscript illumination of the early 14th century; Christ watches over the scene

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Jews crossing the Jordan River with the Ark of the Covenant

Hebrews carrying the Ark of the Covenant across the Jordan River into the Promised Land.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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