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History Channel airs The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross

The History Channel aired the first part of The Crusades: Crescent & the Cross last night. Part 2 is tonight. I'm going to try and catch it next weekend on Saturday, November 12th starting at 8:00 pm when both parts will air back-to-back and I'll have a more convenient opportunity to watch it over at my parent's house on the big screen. More importantly they actually have the channel. I'm a basic cable girl; no History Channel for me.

I heard an interesting informal lecture this past weekend on the history of Islam and one of the things that was said was that understanding the Crusades was vitally important to understanding the conflict and miscommunication between Christians and Muslims. The speaker highly recommended this show and that is why I am mentioning it to you now.