★The authors’ research spans the Middle East, Europe, and global relations, infusing the works with invaluable international perspectives and the depth of comparative history.
★Going far beyond war and politics, the series delves into the rise and fall of empires, interactions among civilizations, social transformations, and cultural integration, offering profound historical insights to help understand the structure of today's world.
★The unique interactive narrative vividly unravels grand historical themes, guiding readers to explore like detectives, filled with the joy of thinking and discovery.

This series includes 5 titles:
Byzantine with Questions
European History with Questions
The Crusades with Questions
The History of World War I with Questions
The History of World War II with Questions

The East and the West had clashed multiple times even before the Crusades. This time, however, one side of the conflict—the West—represented the Christian world, while the East represented the Islamic world. On the surface, it seemed as though faith played a decisive role in shaping the conflict. But was this truly the case?
Why have the vast majority of studies on the Crusades, particularly those conducted in the West, consistently attempted to place faith at the forefront? Why do Western historians especially favor this narrative? Could this choice be related to an effort to conceal certain truths? Or is it simply an accurate reflection of reality?
On the other hand, why do the effects of the Crusades continue to this day, and why are they still used as an argument in contemporary discourse? More importantly, is there a connection between the wars currently raging in the Middle East—and the resulting chaos that claims numerous lives daily—and the Crusades, which many assume are buried deep in the dust of history? Furthermore, what is the relationship between the Turkish conquest of Anatolia and these military campaigns?
This book you hold in your hands offers answers to these and many other questions concerning the Crusades.

Cüneyt Kanat
Born in Bayındır, İzmir. He graduated from the Department of History at the Faculty of Language, History, and Geography of Ankara University in 1986. In 1991, he completed his master’s degree in Medieval History at the Institute of Social Sciences of Ege University. In 1996, he earned his Ph.D. from the same institute with a dissertation titled “Mamluk-Timurid Relations (1382–1447).” Between 1986 and 1988, he received two years of education in Arabic Language and Literature at Kuwait University. In 1992, he studied language and conducted research in his field at the University of Oxford. In 1994, he carried out a year of research and investigation at Cairo University with a scholarship from the Ministry of Education. He was awarded the title of Associate Professor in 2002 and became a Full Professor in 2009. He currently teaches in the Department of History at the Faculty of Letters of Ege University. He is proficient in English and Arabic.
In addition to this work (co-authored with Devrim Bülçak) published by Yeditepe Publishing, Kanat’s other works include: The Media Trial of History (2012); Timur: The Last World Conqueror Who Ruled the Fate of the Stars (co-authored with Mustafa Alican, 2018); a translation of an important Crusader historical source titled Memoirs of a Crusader (2014); Crime and Punishment in Medieval Turkic States (2023); and *The Struggle for Hegemony in the Middle East: Mamluk-Timurid Relations 1382–1447* (2022), published by the Turkish Historical Society.