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ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßÛßßßßßÛÛÜ ÜÜßßßßÜÜÜÜ ÜÛÜ ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÜÛßß ßÛÛ
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ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßÛÛ ÜÛÛÛÜÛÛÜÜÜ ßÛÛÛÛÜ ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÛÛÜÜÜÛÛÝ Ûß
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ßßßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÞÝ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßßÛÜÞÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßßÛÛÛÞß
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Mo.iMP ÜÛÛÜ ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÝ ßÛß
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛ
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ß ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÜÛ
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß
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ÜÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÜÜ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÞÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛßß
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ÜÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÛÛÛÛÜÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛ ßÛÛÛÛÛ Ü ÛÝÛÛÛÛÛ Ü
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ÜÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ßÛÜ ßÛÛÛÜÜ ÜÜÛÛÛß ÞÛ ÞÛÛÛÝ ÜÜÛÛ
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ÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßÛÜ ßßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÜÜÜß ÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÛÛß
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ßÛÜ ÜÛÛÛß ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßßÜÜ ßßÜÛÛßß ßÛÛÜ ßßßÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßß
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ßßßßß ßßÛÛß ßßßßß ßßßßßßßßßßßßß
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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [Essay on the Crusades ]
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[x]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [ ]
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[ ]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [ ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
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Dizzed: 09/94 # of Words:537 School: ? State: ?
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>Chop Here>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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The Medieval Crusades: Actually Fought Over Dionysean Worship
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Although it is a popular notion that the crusades of the
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Eleventh through Thirteenth Century Europe were launched to spread
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Christianity, it is a seldom realized fact that they were actually
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launched to spread the worship of the Greek God Dionysus. While
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many fundamentalist radicals and even some historians who ought to
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know better will dispute this,it is,nevertheless,true.
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During the Middle Ages in Europe,there were a series of ten
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religious crusades launched over a period of three centuries.It is
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commonly believed that these were organized and carried out by
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Christian religious leaders to unite more territory under the red
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and white flag of their cherished religion. The fact that accounts
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of the Crusades were recorded as they are in the history books is
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due to the overwhelming influence exerted by overzealous religious
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leaders on historians of the day.It is an unfortunate fact that
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little remains of the historical representations of what actually
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happened.
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While the Church leaders of the day destroyed all written account
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of who initiated the ten Crusades and what really occurred in the
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course of these religious conquests,the true story of what happened
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survives to this day.High in the mountainous terrain of Northern
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Turkey exists a tribe of dedicated monks who,with their female
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counterparts,still engage in the rituals of Dionysean worship,just
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as they have for centuries in their mountaintop isolation. These
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are the chosen few who engage in the festivals of uncontrolled
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drinking and the shared group enjoyment of their female members
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characterizing their worship of this fun-loving God.It is to these
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few that practice not the self-denial of the Christian Church,but
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rather the indulgent,free-spirited way of the Dionysean following
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that the true story of the Crusades is known.
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While the historical accounts of the participants and the motives
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behind the Crusades are inaccurate,they do correctly identify the
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routes taken by the Crusaders.Their objective was to come up
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through Europe,eventually arriving in Turkey,staging festival after
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festival along their way,in much the same manner as the original
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followers of Dionysus did. After that,however,they planned to
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return through what is now the Soviet Republics,so as to avoid
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angry festival-goers recovering from the ill effects of excessive
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alcohol consumption and various social diseases contracted during
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the festivities.After the tenth Crusade,after numerous military
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encounters with opposing religious groups occupying various
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territories,they had arrived in Turkey. There,a tremendous
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celebration and public orgy was held,as this would be their final
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destination before returning home. Unfortunately,however,the group
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lingered too long and was overrun by unruly,hung-over citizens.The
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Dionysean company's chariots and wagons were burned,and they were
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forced to flee into the mountains of Northern Turkey,where they
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have lived ever since. This is how the correct version of the story
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of the crusades of the Middle Ages has survived;it has been passed
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along by word of mouth through the centuries by the descendants of
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the original Dionysean company members,just as the secret of making
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their wine,and all other important information has been passed
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along.
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As this example illustrates,history can never be rewritten.The
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Dionysean followers who continue to live on,isolated as religious
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monks,somewhere in the cold,mountainous reaches of the North of
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Turkey,serve as a living record of what really happened so many
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centuries ago,during the Crusades.
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