Was the Krak des Chevaliers Castle Entrance a Lethal Trap?

Located on a 2,000 foot ridge overlooking the Syrian plains, this medieval fortress combined Eastern and Western architecture to create the ultimate defense.
From: EAST MEETS WEST: Islam and the Renaissance
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[@petero8200]

Actually from what I understand the Muslim architecture was an adaption from the orthodox Christian architecture. The first Mosques were orthodox Christian Churches.

[@petero8200]

Architectural archaeologists have found how mosques have changed over the centuries to imitate the orthodox churches. Let me qualify the first statement. the first mosques in the Levant were orthodox churches.

[@enrico7474]

The first mosque was the mosque of the prophet which he build by his own hands but later mosques with mosaics and stuff to some extent have orthodox influence like the first mosaics and large pillars were taken from a axumitecoptic cathedral which used to be located in yemen it was the largest cathedral in all of arabia at the time(it was looted and destroyed later) thats when Christian architectural influence on mosques started , again the first mosques werent churchs but did have many influence from them and many muslims did use to pray in churchs, the base of mosque architecture is still the mosque the prophet built

[@anonymousanonymous2090]

I dont think so Muslims architecture is totally different of cristian architecture

[@zsoltunger5461]

It was not built by Muslims, nor by Frenchmen who went to rob the Holy Land

[@derisetiawan4077]

Nope, Orthodox christian were prmitive that day, and besides that moslem first mosque is in the medina which is the quba mosque and orthodox has nothing to do with it

[@WTA3]

The Christians taught the Muslims invaders who occupied their lands before the Crusades, how to design and built. Dr. Benjamin is wrong when he said the Muslims local helped in designing some features of the castle. He should have said: “the Christians of the original land taught the Muslims how to design and built.”

[@uptheblues1875]

Oh boi we have a keyboard crusader right here.

[@enrico7474]

Well the pointed arch more commonly known as gothic arch is a muslim invention Christians never thought them how to make these archs or most of what islamic architecture has

[@johna.4334]

@arq... Chill

[@reefmohammed3553]

Dont being narcisisstic cycopath

[@WTA3]

@@uptheblues1875 I don't know why I didn't receive a notification from KZbin! Are you a Muslim?

[@EgaoNoGenki]

Dear Smithsonian, How is this castle holding up in the modern Syrian Civil War these days? Which faction occupies it, and is it being used as an actual fort? (I sure hope not. I'd hate to see another irreplaceable historical landmark destroyed by the vagaries of modern war.)

[@gorillaguerillaDK]

We can only hope that it doesn't get destroyed completely - we've seen other medieval structures stand the test of time and "modern" warfare during WW2 - hopefully this will continue to exist as well....

[@aguafria9565]

I often note that a lot of buildings of historical significance in former Byzantine / Roman lands are left to disintegrate. It's very shameful.

[@andreeputra1892]

It is already partly distroyed as of now. Oct 2016.

[@ahmedabdulrahman8812]

don't worry the castle is safe thanks to the Syrian Arab Army forces and it's again open for visitors and tourists

[@balyeetbhagaloe6416]

Egao No Genki i am pretty sure its being protected

[@Adityaraje8146]

Amazing. Syria have a rich heritage. Beautiful country.

[@katherinecoon6854]

Love this video

[@runner1984]

Spain has plenty to see..some great adventures to be had. Intact Segovia is stunning but ruins are everywhere.

[@PsyphaX09]

I'm glad that this castle survived the civil war.

[@trumanharper4824]

guys stop fighting this is a youtube video yall need to chill

[@johna.4334]

No, you need to chill.

[@sadiyakhanam509]

Love from India.

[@trajan75]

The Knights Hospitalers got their revenge on the Muslims at Malta. Now they are called the Knights of Malta.

[@uptheblues1875]

Weren't those the knights of st John

[@Foxglove963]

@@uptheblues1875 Correct.

[@ashog1426]

Were we tougher people back then? Is that how christians got jerusalum

[@johna.4334]

Yes

[@cheeseandonions9558]

Beautiful castle but not because it was just pretty but practical

[@zsoltunger5461]

still impregnable to this day

[@davazno1]

the horse shoe arch is not muslim but european . Muslims used it as well

[@branis96]

european? the word europe is a modern-day political word, it has nothing to do with history

[@davazno1269]

@@branis96 you are correct , i was using the word european to encompass all cultures from europe . In this case i was refering to greek architecture (byzantine , which is european).

[@branis96]

​@@davazno1269 byzantine was not european.. again the word europan have no meaning in history, it's just a modern word used to define a political map created in the last centuries.. the word itself may have a phoenician or phoenician-related meaning byzantine empire had plenty of emperors and architects and famous figures of middle eastern origins.. the byzantine itself was called an oriental empire and for greece, it was more connected to the oriental world (middle east) than to the western world, every person with little knowledge of history (just little) will see and know that, from the minoan civilization to the macedonian empire to the byzantine empire.. for example according to historians minoans were originally from the levant, macedonian empire capital was babylone and same for its culture and didn't have any connection to the west, byzantine empire had plenty of emperors of arab or armenian or other middle eastern origins and didn't have any connection to the west most of those architectures are oriental in their origins, so when you talk about history, use history logic, not names created by colonialists some centuries ago..

[@branis96]

​@@davazno1269 Your comment doesn't prove any point from which i said.. even from the titles of the books you mentioed it's written "History of *Byzantine* Civilisation" and "The Last *Byzantine* Renaissance".. what are you proving here exactly? "Dario Fernandez Morere", a Christian Spanish writing a biased book which was replied to by the way.. no thanks.. i prefer reading real books with a logical points and from real sources

[@davazno1269]

@@branis96 Allright read what you want , you know better . I was pointing out best sellers of great researchers in byzantine culture and clash of muslim vs christian culture . You probably know better . I dont care .

[@nowgoawayanddosomethinggoo8978]

i bet when it rains it goes from krak des chevaliers to hanging gardens of babylon

[@johnrohlfs4185]

John Robert Bruffett Junior USA flags!!!!!!!!!

[@mansamusa7719]

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[@Itsme-um3vj]

The fortress has been build on another fortress which is originally aramean and the syrian ministry of traces found a aramean basaltic statue in their traces explorations in the fortress In addition the fortress hasn't been build by crusaders rather it has been build by kurds before and assassins before crusaders came and mamluks took it back from crusaders and rebuild again and add new architectures

[@zsoltunger5461]

The Hungarians built it during the Crusades, from the taxes from the Transylvanian salt mines, When the fortress was surrendered, the defenders had enough food for 5 years in the castle)) and there is drinking water inside to this day.

[@aandykf]

False! The current Krak de Chavallier was completly build by the crusaders. Before, there were only rumbles of a castle of the kurds, which was complety destroyed in an earth quake (arab sources say, not a single stone was left on the other).

[@mukhumor]

Izrael will be like Krac de Chavaliers in the history books.

[@issamoussa9600]

Desde cuando se llama SALAH EDDIN??? Esto es una gran mentira, Salah eddin nunca tuvo nada que ver con este castillo.

[@UKIP]

01:37 It's quite clear that this arch was Islamified at a later date. Expert? Smh.

[@michaelibrahim9275]

White Is The New Green So why is there a cross on the arch?

[@andrew_owens7680]

That arch was in existence for centuries before the construction of Krak.

[@johnrohlfs4185]

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[@katherinecoon6854]

Ombudsman this

[@KernowekTim]

Wonderful fusion of architecture, situated 'On High'. Such a pity that it represents a dark history, comprising so many stark reminders of times of chronic social upheaval; little different to today.

[@valiantredneck]

It’s a Roman arch. There’s no such thing as a muslim arch.

[@johnrohlfs4185]

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[@emesatv]

LONG LIVE SYRIA❤

[@zsoltunger5461]

Suri ))

[@pauldittmar]

Yes, it was. The whole fortress was a man-eater...