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Crusader (book)
Crusader or Crusaders may refer to: Military * Crusader, a participant in one of the Crusades * Convair NB-36H Crusader, an experimental nuclear-powered bomber * Crusader tank, a British cruiser tank of World War II * Crusaders (guerrilla), a Croatian anti-communist guerrilla army * F-8 Crusader, a U.S. Navy fighter jet ** XF8U-3 Crusader III, an experimental fighter intended to replace the F-8 * , three British ships * Operation Crusader, a British attack in North Africa in the Second World War * VMFA-122 ''Crusaders'', United States Marine Corps fixed wing Fighter-Attack Squadron 122 * XM2001 Crusader, an American self-propelled artillery project Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Crusader (Dungeons & Dragons), Crusader (''Dungeons & Dragons''), a ''Dungeons & Dragons'' character class * Crusader (Marvel Comics), two different fictional characters in Marvel Comics * Crusader, an alias used by a character claiming to be Marvel Boy (Robert Grayson), Marvel B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crusades
The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The best known of these Crusades are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291 that were intended to recover Holy Land, Jerusalem and its surrounding area from Muslim conquests, Islamic rule. Beginning with the First Crusade, which resulted in the recovery of Jerusalem in 1099, dozens of Crusades were fought, providing a focal point of European history for centuries. In 1095, Pope Pope Urban II, Urban II proclaimed the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont. He encouraged military support for List of Byzantine emperors, Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos, AlexiosI against the Seljuk Empire, Seljuk Turks and called for an armed pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Across all social strata in western Europe, there was an enthusiastic response. The first Crusaders had a variety of motivations, including religious salvation, satisfying feud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stardust Crusaders
is the third story arc of the manga series '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. The arc was serialized for a little over 3 years. It was serialized in '' Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from March 27, 1989 to April 14, 1992 for 152 chapters, which were later collected into 16 '' tankōbon'' volumes. In its original publication, it was known as ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 3 Jotaro Kujo: Heritage for the Future''. The arc was preceded by '' Battle Tendency'' and followed by '' Diamond Is Unbreakable''. In 2012, ''Stardust Crusaders'' was digitally colored and released as digital downloads for smartphones and tablet computers. A ten-volume hardcover re-release under the title ''JoJonium'' was published in 2014 and 2015. Viz Media initially released the sixteen-volume format of the arc in North America between 2005 and 2010. They released the hardcover format from 2016 to 2019. It is the most popular arc of the ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
