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THE COUNTY OF ODESSA

This was the first of the Crusader States to be founded in 1095, as the armies of the First Crusade emerged from Asia Minor to turn southwards towards the Holy Land. Established by Baldwin of Boulogne, later second King of Jerusalem, Edessa, now Urfa in the south-east of modern Turkey, was overrun by the Moslem Zangids in 1146 and this was the cause of the Second Crusade.

 

 

 

 

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Non Nobis Domine, Non Nobis, Sed Nomini Tuo Da Gloriam !

 

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