Saladin & Hannibal

By: Tyler McKeone

Saladin’s Early Life

• Saladin was born in 1137 in Iraq

• Born to a wealthy Kurdish family

• Father was Najm ad-Din Ayyub. Present Day Iraq

Saladin’s Father

Childhood Continued

• Not great student• Studied religion and read

Qur'an. • Name (Salah al-Din Yusuf

Ibn Ayyub) has religious meaning. Symbol of Islam

Qur’an

First Crusade

• Saladin fought for the ruler of Damascus.

• Took over lands in Egypt.

• Fought Christians mostly from France.

Crusade Battle

Frankish Knight

First Crusade• Took Cairo in 1169.• Saladin became next

in line to rule Egypt.• Egypt’s last caliph

died, making Saladin ruler of Egypt.

Map of Egypt

Saladin riding through Cairo

Second & Third Crusades• Saladin won many battles against Crusaders,

including the Battle of Hattin.

The Battle of Hattin was a huge defeat for the Crusaders during the Second Crusade.

Second & Third Crusade

• Christians Slaughter in Jerusalem

• Saladin retook Jerusalem for the Muslims in 1187, sparing all Christians.

Christian defenders of Jerusalem surrender to Saladin

Second & Third Crusades

• King of England tries to retake Holy Land.

• Fails at Jerusalem.• Saladin and Richard

show mutual respect for one another.

King Richard the ‘Lionhearted’

Legacy and Death

• Saladin showed great respect towards his prisoners.

• Honorable• Chivalrous

Statue of Saladin

Legacy and Death

• Died in 1193 in Damascus.

• Buried in mausoleum.• Emperor Wilhelm II of

Germany donated marble sarcophagus to Saladin in 1900s.

Saladin’s Tomb

Marble Tomb

Hannibal’s Early Life

• Born in Carthage 247 B.C. • Empire declining• Fighting Rome• Little Detail

Empire of Carthage

Childhood

• Father Hamilcar Barca• Conquering Spain• Educated in War• Promise to Father

Green: Lands Hamilcar took in Spain

Rise to Power

• Dad died• Brother-in-law Hasdrubal ruler• Dies • Hannibal #1

Hasdrubal the Fair

Second Punic War

• Highlight of Career• Greeks attack Carthage

in Spain• Hannibal retaliates• Rome declares War

Hannibal

France

• Crosses into Spain• 50,000 infantry• 9,000 cavalry• 40 War Elephants• Befriend Tribes

Pyrenees Mountains

Gauls

Alps

• Large Mountain Range

• Land vs. Sea• Great Tactical Feat• Barbarian Help

Crossing into Roman Land

Into Italy

• Battle of Cannae• Outnumbered 5:8

• Great Tactics

End of Second Punic War

• No reinforcements• Rome attacks

Carthage• Hannibal called to

defend home• Defeated

Legacy and Death

• Exiled• Works for Seleucid

Empire• Commits Suicide• Tactician & Leader

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