List of references to religion in the Halo series: Difference between revisions
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Jerusalem would therefore represent a Forerunner (Jewish) artifact that was seized by the Covenent (Islam). | Jerusalem would therefore represent a Forerunner (Jewish) artifact that was seized by the Covenent (Islam). | ||
But may seem unlikely, since when the Christians first claimed Jerusalem, they killed every living thing in the city, humans and animals alike, and they burned the Jews, who had barricaded themselves inside their Synagogue. When Saladin reclaimed the city, instead of killing all the Christians as the Christians had feared, he spared all Christian lives, and he didn't desecrate the Christian relics (like the Christians had done when they first invaded Jerusalem). Saladin then summoned the Jews and permitted them to resettle in the city. In particular, the Jews of Ashkelon, a large Jewish settlement, responded to his request. <ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saladin#Capture_of_Jerusalem</ref> In the dark ages and the Crusades, the Saracen society was superior in almost everyway, astronomy, mathematics, architecture, religious tolerance, geography, hygiene (a concept unfamiliar to the Europeans of that time), and even warfare(disputed). | |||
===The Great Flood=== | ===The Great Flood=== | ||
