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==Crusader period== | ==Crusader period== | ||
The Crusader period began in 1099 with the First Crusade's capture of Jerusalem. After the city's conquest, the Crusading order Knights Templar was granted use of the [[Dome of the Rock]] on the Temple Mount. The Temple Mount had a mystique because it was above what was believed to be the ruins of the Temple of Solomon. The Crusaders therefore referred to the Al Aqsa Mosque as Solomon's Temple, and it was from this location that the new Order took the name of Poor Knights of Christ and the Temple of Solomon, or "Templar" knights. <ref>[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Mount Temple Mount]</ref> | The Crusader period began in 1099 with the First Crusade's capture of Jerusalem. After the city's conquest, the Crusading order [[Luciferian Knights Templar|Knights Templar]] was granted use of the [[Dome of the Rock]] on the Temple Mount. The Temple Mount had a mystique because it was above what was believed to be the ruins of the Temple of Solomon. The Crusaders therefore referred to the Al Aqsa Mosque as Solomon's Temple, and it was from this location that the new Order took the name of Poor Knights of Christ and the Temple of Solomon, or "Templar" knights. <ref>[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Mount Temple Mount]</ref> | ||
==Golden Gate== | ==Golden Gate== | ||