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MAPS 
  facing page 
 1 Western Europe and the Mediterranean 3 
 2 Central Europe and the Mediterranean 31 
 3 The Near East 8 1 
 4 Persia and Adjacent Regions 135 
 Northern Syria  304 
 6 Palestine 307 
 7 The Near East during the First Crusade, 1097—1100 346 
 8 The Near East during the Reign of Baldwin I, 1100—1118 347 
 9 The Latin States during the Reign of Baldwin II, 11 18-1 1 31 426 
 10 The Latin States during the Time of Zengi, 1131—1146 427 
 11 The Near East during the Second Crusade, 1146—1148 506 
 12 The Latin States during the Time of Nur-ad-Din, 1148 - 1 174 507 
 13 The Latin States during the Reign of Baldwin IV, 1174-1 185 602 
 14 The Conquest by Saladin, 1185—1189 603 
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