Vol 4 Ep 37 - BATTLE - The Battle of Hattin ( 1187 )

History of the World podcast

Chris Hasler

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🗓️ 7 November 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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1187 - After the situation settled down after the Second Crusade, the Fatimid Caliphate in Egypt collapsed making way for the Muslim icon, Saladin, to become a national leader and an imperial warlord. After bringing together a number of Muslim realms, the next target would be the infidels of Christian Outremer.

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0:00.0	The History of the World Podcast, written and presented by Chris Hasler
0:20.3	Volume 4, the Medieval World.
0:24.0	Episode 37 The Battle of Hatting. Oh, yeah. The horns of Hattin are a geographical feature with twin peaks left on the landscape by an extinct volcano.
1:01.0	They can be found east of the Sea of Galilee in the Israeli region of lower Galilee.
1:08.0	The lands around the Sea of Galilee are in the Levantine side of the fertile crescent, which is a large
1:17.7	crescent of land in the Middle East, which was notable for its ability to entertain human settlement by its favourable conditions.
1:27.0	Some of the earliest known human settlements emerged in this area and it was at the center of an important early
1:36.7	trade link between Egypt and the north. Some of the earliest known societies of these lands were the Amherites, who lived in this region around 4,000 years ago,
1:51.0	and were among the earliest known Semitic language speakers.
1:57.0	Their location in the Levant put them in the centre of a trade network between Anatolia and Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea.
2:06.8	Large amounts of tin would have passed through this area as it was vital for bronze production.
2:14.0	The growth of the Mittanes in northern Mesopotamia
2:19.3	in the late 16th century B.C. E. prompted a response from the Egyptians who occupied the lands
2:26.9	around Lower Galilee in order to counterbalance the situation in the Levant. We can identify this area as the region of Canaan
2:38.7	mentioned in the Bible. During the second millennium, B.C.E, these Canaanite lands were competed for by larger powers, such
2:48.7	as the Egyptians and the Hittites. The Hittites rose to power, supplanting the Mitani to the north.
2:57.6	Even though the Hittites were considerably powerful, the Egyptians prevented them from occupying the lands of Lower Galilee.
3:07.9	The late Bronze Age collapse occurred at the close of the 13th century B.C. E and it affected the Hittites and the Egyptians
3:17.5	to the point where they could no longer afford to worry about Canaan.
3:22.2	After this point there is very little in the way of
3:25.1	contemporary literal references for the politics of Canaan. The one main
3:30.9	source is the Old Testament of the Bible, which at best is a historical account
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