History of Europe, ancient and medieval: Earliest man, the Orient, Greece and Rome . solate region where neitherfood nor water nor the materials to construct the siege apparatusnecessary for the cap-ture of the Holy Citywere to be , the oppor-tune arrival at Jaffaof galleys sent fromGenoa furnished thebesiegers with sup-plies, and, in spiteof all the difficulties,the place was taken ina couple of crusaders showedno mercy to the peopleof the city, but withshocking barbaritycruelly massacred theinhabitants. Godfreyof Bouillon was chosenruler of Jerusalemand took the modes
History of Europe, ancient and medieval: Earliest man, the Orient, Greece and Rome . solate region where neitherfood nor water nor the materials to construct the siege apparatusnecessary for the cap-ture of the Holy Citywere to be , the oppor-tune arrival at Jaffaof galleys sent fromGenoa furnished thebesiegers with sup-plies, and, in spiteof all the difficulties,the place was taken ina couple of crusaders showedno mercy to the peopleof the city, but withshocking barbaritycruelly massacred theinhabitants. Godfreyof Bouillon was chosenruler of Jerusalemand took the modesttitle of Defender ofthe Holy soon died andwas succeeded by his brother Baldwin, who left Edessa in 1100 to take up the taskof extending the bounds of the kingdom of Jerusalem. 608. Founding of Latin Kingdoms in Syria. It will be ob-served that the Franks, as the Mohammedans called all theWestern folk, had established the centers of four were Edessa, Antioch, the region about Tripoli conqueredby Raymond, and the kingdom of Jerusalem. The last was. Map of the Crusaders States in Syria 4o6 History of Europe further increased by Baldwin, who, with the help of the marinersfrom Venice and Genoa, succeeded in getting possession of Acre,Sidon, and a number of other smaller coast towns. The news of these Christian victories quickly reached the West,and in iioi tens of thousands of new crusaders started of them were lost in passing through Asia Minor, and fewreached their destination. The original conquerors were conse-quently left to hold the land against the Saracens and to organizetheir conquests as best they could. This was a very difficult task— too difficult to accomplish under the circumstances. The permanent hold of the Franks upon the eastern bordersof the Mediterranean depended upon the strength of the colonieswhich their various princes were able to establish. It is impos-sible to learn how many pilgrims from the West made the
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