090: The First Crusade: Part Six: the Battle of Antioch

Send us a text Less than a day after capturing the city of Antioch, the Crusaders were themselves besieged by a mighty army of 40,000 men, led by the commander Kerbogha. But instead of waiting behind the walls to starve, the Crusaders launched an all-out assault beyond the gates of the city and routed the mighty army of Turks, Arabs, and Persians. The History of Modern Greece Podcast covers the Greek people's events from the fall of Constantinople in 1453 to the Greek War of Independence in ...