Harem girl in Cairo 1848. The Oriental Album by Prisse d’Avennes.
Harem girl in Cairo 1848, by Prisse d’Avennes. The Oriental Album.
Tag: Holy Land
Holy Land is a term for the region referred to in the Hebrew Bible as Canaan, Eretz Israel or the Promised Land. Since the Roman Empire, the region has been called Palestine.
Nejdi, Arabian Horse
Nejdi Horse, Arabia by Prisse d’Avennes. The Oriental Album.
A Berber Playing the Kissar to Women of the Same Tribe.
The Oriental Album. A Berber Playing the Kissar to Women of the Same Tribe.
Greek woman with child from Bethlehem, 19th century.
Greek woman with child from Bethlehem, 19th century. Historical and folk costumes by Franz Lipperheide.
The Origin of the Teutonic Order of Knighthood. The German Crusaders.
Origin of the Teutonic Order of Knighthood — Its development — Siege of Acre — The Order nurses the sick — The dress of the Knights — The rale — The officers and constitution — The Order of Christ
The First Crusade. Knights Hospitaller of the Order of Saint John.
The First Crusade was a Christian war campaign to conquer Palestine called by Pope Urban II in 1095.
The Knights Templar. The Second Crusade in the Middle Ages.
Foundation of the Order of the Temple — St. Bernard aids the Order—Constitution of the Order — St. Bernard’s account of the Templars — The Christian power in the East weakened — The Second Crusade — The siege of Damascus — Letter of a Knight Templar — Exploits of the Templars in Palestine
Resident from Hejaz, Saudi Arabia c.1850
Hejaz was the starting point of Islam in the 7th century under Muhammad, which expanded over large parts of the Middle East and North Africa