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[edit] Welcome!
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[edit] Welcome!
Hi, Hera! Welcome to our project! Looking forward for your ideas and contributions! Cheers!--Yannismarou 14:55, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Crusader info on Ashkelon
There was actually a lot more that happened between the Crusaders and Ashkelon than what you added to the article. Jews and holy relics were held ransom by the Crusaders. Somehow, news of these captives reached Ashkelon and funds were raised thanks to the Jewish community of Alexandria in Egypt. Some modern scholarly sources suggest that some of the city's Jewish defenders or even Jewish civilians were able to travel to Ashkelon along with Jerusalem's governor and the remainder of his forces. The payment for the first captives did not take place until early 1100, well after the Battle of Ashkelon. They were only ransomed a few at a time because ancient letters have the Jews of Ashkelon writing to Alexandria for more funds. I think most of them allowed to be ransomed were so by the summer of 1100. Sources state the number of Jews ransomed must have been "considerable" since even after all had been ransomed and some migrated to Egypt, at least 20 of the refugees remained in Ashkelon. Those who weren't ransomed (or killed while waiting to be ransomed) were sold into slavery. Some were taken to Antiochia, but most were taken to Southern Italy. A large portion of these never made it there as they were randomly beheaded or thrown into the sea along the way.
If you would like to know the sources where I found this, please reply on my talk page. --Ghostexorcist 01:42, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
- I just got your message and read the comment you left on the Letter of the Karaite elders of Ascalon. I have been wanting to expand the article, but I've been really busy. Yes, I think it should be mentioned in the Ashkelon article. I'll try to type up something for the page shortly. --Ghostexorcist (talk) 18:20, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
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- Ok. As I mentioned when I originally wrote to you, Jews sold as slaves were randomly beheaded or drowned on their way to Italy. This is some of the material I plan on expanding the Letter of the ... article with. If you mention this, please use the following citation:
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- Shelomo D. Goitein, "Contemporary Letters on the Capture of Jerusalem by the Crusaders." Journal of Jewish Studies 3 (1952), pp. 162-177, pg.
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- --Ghostexorcist (talk) 19:21, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
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