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Turning point · The Crusades, 1095–1291
The Temple of Solomon
c. 1120 — nine knights vow to guard pilgrims on the roads and are quartered on the Temple Mount, taking its name: the Templars. With the Hospitallers they become Europe’s first standing armies — and its first international banks.
This is one scene of Chapter 4 — Europe’s First Standing Institutions in The Crusades, 1095–1291.
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