The Principality of Antiochia was founded in 1098 after the conquest of Antioch by Bohemond I (Photo of courtesy of About History) AMMAN — One of the first major campaigns of the First Crusade was the ...

In addition, the crusaders, despite a months-long siege, had not breached Antioch’s defences, and the inhabitants were not starving. Yaghi Siyan still firmly held Antioch when Kerbogha arrived in the ...

In July 1099, European armies, fresh from the siege of Antioch, converged on Jerusalem (then ruled by the Muslim Fatimid Dynasty) and attacked the walled city from two sides. On the north ...