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Saladin & Hannibal. By: Tyler McKeone. Saladin’s Early Life. Saladin was born in 1137 in Iraq Born to a wealthy Kurdish family Father was Najm ad-Din Ayyub. Present Day Iraq. Saladin’s Father. Childhood Continued. Not great student Studied religion and read Qur'an.
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Saladin & Hannibal By: Tyler McKeone
Saladin’s Early Life • Saladin was born in 1137 in Iraq • Born to a wealthy Kurdish family • Father was Najm ad-Din Ayyub. Present Day Iraq Saladin’s Father
Childhood Continued • Not great student • Studied religion and read Qur'an. • Name (Salah al-Din Yusuf Ibn Ayyub) has religious meaning. Symbol of Islam Qur’an
First Crusade • Saladin fought for the ruler of Damascus. • Took over lands in Egypt. • Fought Christians mostly from France. Crusade Battle Frankish Knight
First Crusade • Took Cairo in 1169. • Saladin became next in line to rule Egypt. • Egypt’s last caliph died, making Saladin ruler of Egypt. Map of Egypt Saladin riding through Cairo
Second & Third Crusades • Saladin won many battles against Crusaders, including the Battle of Hattin. The Battle of Hattin was a huge defeat for the Crusaders during the Second Crusade.
Second & Third Crusade • Christians Slaughter in Jerusalem • Saladin retook Jerusalem for the Muslims in 1187, sparing all Christians. Christian defenders of Jerusalem surrender to Saladin
Second & Third Crusades • King of England tries to retake Holy Land. • Fails at Jerusalem. • Saladin and Richard show mutual respect for one another. King Richard the ‘Lionhearted’
Legacy and Death • Saladin showed great respect towards his prisoners. • Honorable • Chivalrous Statue of Saladin
Legacy and Death • Died in 1193 in Damascus. • Buried in mausoleum. • Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany donated marble sarcophagus to Saladin in 1900s. Saladin’s Tomb Marble Tomb
Hannibal’s Early Life • Born in Carthage 247 B.C. • Empire declining • Fighting Rome • Little Detail Empire of Carthage
Childhood • Father Hamilcar Barca • Conquering Spain • Educated in War • Promise to Father Green: Lands Hamilcar took in Spain
Rise to Power • Dad died • Brother-in-law Hasdrubal ruler • Dies • Hannibal #1 Hasdrubal the Fair
Second Punic War • Highlight of Career • Greeks attack Carthage in Spain • Hannibal retaliates • Rome declares War Hannibal
France • Crosses into Spain • 50,000 infantry • 9,000 cavalry • 40 War Elephants • Befriend Tribes Pyrenees Mountains Gauls
Alps • Large Mountain Range • Land vs. Sea • Great Tactical Feat • Barbarian Help Crossing into Roman Land
Into Italy • Battle of Cannae • Outnumbered 5:8 • Great Tactics
End of Second Punic War • No reinforcements • Rome attacks Carthage • Hannibal called to defend home • Defeated
Legacy and Death • Exiled • Works for Seleucid Empire • Commits Suicide • Tactician & Leader
Works Cited • Abaza, Ismail (2003). Saladin (Salah al-Din Yusuf Ibn Ayyub) and his Cairo. Retrieved 29 November 2009 from InterCity Oz, Inc.: http://www.touregypt.net/ featurestoriessaladin.htm • HistoryLearningSite.co.uk (1999). Saladin. Retrieved 29 November 2009 from historylearningsite.co.uk: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/Saladin.htm • Columbia University Press (2006). Saladin. Retrieved 29 November 2009 from Columbia University Press:http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/saladin • Dafoe, Stephen (1997). Saladin. Retrieved 29 November 2009 from http:// www.templarhistory.com/saladin.html • U.K.org (2001). Saladin. Retrieved 29 November 2009 from U.K.org: http://www.middle- ages.org.uk/saladin.htm • Lendering, Jona (2008). Hannibal. Retrieved 29 November 2009 from Livius.org: http://www.livius.org/ha-hd/hannibal/hannibal.html • Clark, Yvonne (1997). Hannibal, The African Warrior. Retrieved 29 November 2009 from Runoko Rashidi: http://www.cwo.com/~lucumi/hannibal.html • Jr., Phillip True, (1995). Hannibal of Carthage. Retrieved 29 November 2009 from http://www.africawithin.com/hpi/hp10.htm • Rollin, Charles (1990). Ancient Carthage. Retrieved 29 November 2009 from http://history-world.org/hannibal.htm
