Read The Last Crusade: The Epic Voyages of Vasco Da Gama Online
Authors: Nigel Cliff
Tags: #History, #General, #Religion, #Christianity, #Civilization, #Islam, #Middle East, #Europe, #Eastern, #Renaissance
Ghuri, Qansuh al-,
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Gilbert of Hastings,
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Catholic Church in,
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Dutch blockade,
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existence today,
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exposés of Portuguese in,
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Gama’s flogging of women,
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Gama’s voyage of 1524 and,
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Hindus persecuted,
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inhabitants of,
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Inquisition in,
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massacre of,
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mestiços
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mixed marriages in,
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monastery of St. Francis at,
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Municipal Council’s letter to King John III,
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as Portuguese naval base and colony,
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as “Rome of the East,”
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Timoja and,
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tomb of Francis Xavier,
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Venetian-speaking man from,
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women mistreated in,
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Gomes, António,
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Gonçalves, Afonso,
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Granada, Spain,
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Malaga,
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Greece,
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Greenland,
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Gregory VII, Pope,
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Gritti, Giorgio,
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Grotius, Hugo,
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Guide for the Perplexed
(Maimonides),
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Guiscard, Roger and Robert,
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Hanno the Navigator,
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Hasdai ibn Shaprut,
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Henry IV of Castile,
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Henry IV of England,
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Henry the Navigator,
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Ceuta Crusade,
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death of,
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exploration and search for gold,
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Isabel, sister of,
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Jews employed by,
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legacy of,
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recruiting sailors,
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search for Prester John,
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slave trade and,
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Tangier campaign,
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war against Islam and,
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Henry V of England,
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Heraclius,
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Herodotus,
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Hinduism
in Goa,
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in India,
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mistaken for Christianity,
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Portuguese atrocity in Goa and,
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suicidal acts of devotion,
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holy war.
See also
Crusades; Portugal
alternatives to,
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contemporary, origins of,
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Crusades as,
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Europe against the Ottoman Empire,
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Gama and,
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human tragedy of,
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Iberia and,
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Islamic-Christian,
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Last Crusade and,
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Luther’s rejection of,
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Manuel I and divine mandate to fight Islam,
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Mîrî
massacre by Gama,
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Portuguese conquest,
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Portuguese ejected,
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Horns of Hattin,
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Houtman, Cornelius de,
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Hungary,
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Ibn Majid, Ahmad,
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Ibn Ziyad, Tariq,
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India
antiquity of civilization,
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beauty of,
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Cabral’s mission of 1500,
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Calicut (
see
Calicut, India)
Christianity in,
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Christian missionaries and,
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colonial era,
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diplomatic relations with Portugal,
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as economic force,
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Europe’s first colony in,
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Europe’s first permanent naval presence in Eastern waters,
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first European fort at Cochin,
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forced conversions to Christianity in,
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Gama reaches (1498),
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Gama’s voyages,
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Hinduism,
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Inquisition in,
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Islam in,
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Kappad,
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legend of Prester John,
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Malabar Coast,
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Marco Polo and,
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piracy,
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Portugal and expulsion of Muslim merchants,
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Portuguese colonization,
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search for,
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suicidal acts of devotion,
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Adam’s exploration,
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Arabian Sea and,
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Arab ships with lateen sails on,
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Chinese treasure ships in,
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Christian-Muslim hostility and,
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Gama’s crossings,
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Laccadives and Maldives,
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Mount Eli as navigation point,
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passage across,
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Portuguese forts built around,
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sea route to Asia via,
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shipwrecks,
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spice trade and,
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uncharted regions,
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Indonesia,
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Iraq,
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See also
Baghdad
Isabella of Aragon,
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Isidore of Seville, St.,
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Islam.
See also
Ottoman Empire
Christianity compared to,
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dar al-Harb
(House of War),
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dar al-Islam
(House of Islam),
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dhimmi
s (protected peoples),
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disunity, 11th century,
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dream of reborn caliphate and restored empire,
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end of Iberian rule,
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erudition in,
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European conquest,
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Europe blocked from East by,
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fall of empire,
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fatwas
(legal opinions),
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Gama’s hostilities with,
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heavenly rewards for death in battle,
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in India,
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Ismailis sect,
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Jews and Ottoman Turks,
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jihad against Portuguese,
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jihadists today,
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jizya
(tax on nonbelievers),
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kaffirs
(infidels),
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Khariji movement,
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Mappilas,
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mass conversions to,
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Mongol invasion,
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Mughal Empire,
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Muslim traders,
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mystical tradition in,
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non-Muslims banned from Mecca and Medina,
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origins of,
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Peoples of the Book and,
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Portuguese closure of Eastern trade,
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power struggles within,
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as progressive,
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slavery and,
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in Spain,
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spread of,
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successors to Muhammad and,
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Sunnis,
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ulama (religious scholars),
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Umayyad caliphate,
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war with the West, origins,
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James II, King of Scotland,
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Portuguese at Nagasaki,
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Jerusalem,
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al-Aqsa Mosque,
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Church of the Holy Sepulcher,
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Constantine the Great and,
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destruction by Persians,
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destruction by Romans,
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Egyptian control of,
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Egyptian sultan threatens to destroy pilgrimage sites,
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Islamic conquest of,
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on
mappae mundi
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massacre of 1099,
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Temple Mount,
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