Templar controlled Acre in the Holy Land was a mix of Las Vegas and London – a cosmopolitan fleshpot in the Middle Ages
Read MoreCrusades began with the senseless massacre of Jewish people in Europe identified by mobs as being infidels like the Saracens
Read MoreEngland didn’t really want to crush its Knights Templar – not least because France was demanding it and England suspected foul play
Read MoreChess was a courtly game of skill among both Christians and Muslims in the Templar era with even the knights playing their Muslim enemies at times
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