Medieval Middle East

Barbarossa Drowned in a River You Could Wade Across

A single corpse pushed Europe's most powerful rulers toward war in 1191—and it wasn't even the right corpse.

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MedievalCrusadesHoly Roman EmpireMiddle EastMilitary HistoryFrederick BarbarossaSaladinRichard IThird Crusade

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