tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post573108240879374339..comments2023-12-22T20:36:45.744-05:00Comments on Isle of Wonder: A Brief Comment from Anna and MeThe Red Witchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731703967439763663noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-83268763237281485572014-03-14T15:56:41.318-04:002014-03-14T15:56:41.318-04:00There have been numerous earthquakes in the area s...There have been numerous earthquakes in the area since then. Might have obliterated the old road.The Red Witchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11731703967439763663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-64962394699031858012014-03-13T16:36:21.464-04:002014-03-13T16:36:21.464-04:00In 1961, I arrived at Karamursel Air Force station...In 1961, I arrived at Karamursel Air Force station in Turkey for a year and a half stay. I wish I have know it at the time, but the same peninsula where the base was located was the site of Helenopolis. We visited Nicaea, but did not go up the mountain due south, but around the mountains to the south. I climed the mountain and don't remember a road in that direction.Anonymoushttp://rdricketts.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-77068348223913848772010-04-19T18:34:08.143-04:002010-04-19T18:34:08.143-04:00@Why did they attack their own side?
Hard to say ...@Why did they attack their own side?<br /><br />Hard to say really. By 'their own side' I do mean Christians. This Crusade was supposed to be against the infidel but the eastern half of the former Roman empire had a great animosity towards the western half and vice versa. The Byzantine empire was wealthier than the Western half.The Red Witchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11731703967439763663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3079559053290094565.post-33508664855946776902010-04-19T13:28:20.216-04:002010-04-19T13:28:20.216-04:00It's always useful to have an alternative view...It's always useful to have an alternative viewpoint.<br /><br /><i>Some of the Crusaders were, as Anna says, opportunists and brigands who were not interested in liberating the Holy Land as much as they were interested in empire and booty. </i><br />That really is no surprise, there are always opportunists on both sides.<br /><br /><i>She wrote that their arrival was preceded by plagues of Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070070360087765540noreply@blogger.com