Pave nemwedzi wakazara kubva pandakasvika muAmman, Jordan. Hapana chinhu chave chine mubairo kupfuura kudzidza nhoroondo yevanhu vakave nebudiriro yakatanga makore anoda kusvika 3,000 XNUMX kumashure.
Ndakava nemukana wekuenda kumaodzanyemba kuguta reKarak, uko nhare inotyisa yakavakwa neVarwi veCrusader mukati memakore 20 ikapera muna 1161 AD ichiripo. Guta reKarak rinodudzwa muBhaibheri nezita rekuti Kiri Heresi apo mambo weIsraeri akambokomba mambo weMoabhi ainzi Mesha munhare yake. Nhau yacho inoti mambo wechihedheni akanga akavhiringidzika zvokuti akabayira mwanakomana wake mukuru pamasvingo enhare, zvichiita kuti vakomba vamise kurwisa kwavo ndokudzokera kumusha. Mambo Mesha akanyora shanduro yake pachake yezviitiko padombo rainzi Stele raMesha asi akakundikana kutaura kukundwa kupi nokupi, panzvimbo pacho achitaura kuti akanga akunda vavengi vake nokusingaperi. Zvakaitika kwandiri kuti uyu unofanira kunge uri mumwe wemienzaniso yekutanga yekupokana kweparadziro yehondo.
Embassy yeUS muAmman iri kutambira Boston Children's Chorus mukupemberera makore makumi matanhatu ehukama hweUS-Jordanian, ichiita mitambo munzvimbo dzakati wandei kusanganisira Castle kuKarak. Pakupinda munhare, mudzimai wangu Megan akanzwa vana vekwaya vachidzidzira kuimba kwemaropafadzo paMuporofita wedu, runyararo ngaruve pamusoro pake, kunyangwe mumutauro weYankee.
Mukati mehondo dzeCrusades, Karak akazviwana ari munzvimbo yakakosha sezvo yaive imba yaishe weTransjordan, akapfuma zvakanyanya muzvibereko uye mutero wemutero uye akanyanya kukosha fief wehumambo hweCrusader. Zvinoshamisa, vaKristu nevaMuslim vaitengeserana, vachiteresa mitero kune vatengesi vevashori vavo apo mauto avo airwisana munhandare yehondo.
Chifananidzo chinokudza Saladin, mutongi weSiria neEgypt muzana remakore rechi12, chakamira pakati peKarak.
Mukutanga kwema1170, Reynald weChatillon akazviwana ari ishe weTransjordan uye aizivikanwa nemaitiro ake asina hanya uye ane utsinye ekubata vasungwa vake. Achityora zvibvumirano zvenguva refu, akatanga kupamba uye kuuraya makaravhani evafambi vaienda kuMecca uye akatoedza kurwisa maguta maviri matsvene echiMuslim eMecca neMedina. Munguva yechando, Reynald akasvika pakubvisa ngarava duku yaakazotakura nengamera kudzokera kuGungwa Dzvuku, kwaakaunganidzazve ngarava dzake ndokutanga kuvhozhokera zviteshi zveArabia. Ini ndakatanga kuziviswa kune idzi nyaya kubva kumazuva angu ekukoreji kwandaigara ndichitamba saSaladin pane "chaiyo nguva zano" mutambo wekombuta unonzi Age of Empires.
Mutongi weSyria neEgypt, Saladin (Salah ad-Din muchiArabic kana kuti “mugadzirisi wechitendero”) akapindura nekukurumidza, achitora guta reKarak uye akapotsa akwanisa kuparadza nhare yacho dai kusiri kwekusimba kwemurwi mumwe chete. akadzivirira gedhi. Bhurocha duku randakatora kubva kuMinistry of Tourism and Antiquities rinorondedzera kuti pausiku hwokurwiswa kwacho, muchato wakanga uchiitwa munhare: Mwana wokurera waReynald akanga achiroora mwanasikana wamambo. Munguva yemhemberero, Lady Stephanie, amai vechikomba, vakatumira ndiro kubva kumabiko kuna Saladin uyo akabva abvunza kuti ndeipi shongwe iyo varoorani vechidiki yaigara mairi, vachitungamira bhomba reMuslim kubva pairi.
Pakusvika kwekuzorodzwa kubva kuJerusarema kukomba kwakabviswa asi Reynald akaramba achibira karavhani hombe uye akatapawo hanzvadzi yaSaladin pachake. Zvose izvi zviito zvakaitika pasi pechibvumirano chenguva yerunyararo chakakonzera hondo yeHattin yakazoita kuti mauto eCrusader akundwe zvachose. Saladin akaponesa vazhinji vevasungwa kunze kwaReynald de Chatillon, waakauraya ipapo nekuda kwehunyengeri hwake.
Pasina rubatsiro rwemauto akakundwa, vadziviriri veKarak vakaramba vakakomba kwenguva refu, vachidya mhuka dzose mukati menhare uye kunyange kutengesa kuvakomba vavo vachichinjana nechingwa vakadzi vavo nevana vavaisazokwanisa kudyisa. Pashure pemwedzi misere, vapukunyuki vokupedzisira vakapa nhare yavo kuvaMuslim avo, mukuziva ushingi hwavo, vakadzorera mhuri dzavo ndokubvumira Varwi vechiKristudhomu kuenda vakasununguka.
Ndisati ndabuda munhare, ndakaona vamwe vakadzi vokuAmerica vakanga vachangopinda ndokuziva kuti vaiva vanaamai vevana vokuBoston. Mumwe Imam wekuJordan wandakanga ndasangana naye munhare akandimanikidza kuti ndivakoke kuti vazoziviswa nezveIslam. Ndichimushandurira, ndakavaudza kuti chiIslam chaive chitendero chine runyararo chinodaidza shoko rimwe chetero rakatumirwa nendimi dzevaporofita nenhume vakapfuura kuti vanhu havafanire kunamata mumwe kunze kwaMwari, uye ndakasimbisa chitendero cheMuslim chokuti Jesu ndiye mesiya uye aizodzoka. kuunza kuguma kwenguva.
Ndakabva ndati kumira panzvimbo iyi ndichitaura mashoko aya hwaiva humbowo hwekuti zvitendero zvese zvinonamata Mwari mumwe chete, musiki nemutsigiri wechisiko chapose pose. Mumwe mukadzi zvikurukuru akatanga kuyerera misodzi zvishomanene ndokukumbira mufananidzo nemhuri yangu.
Pandakarondedzera chiitiko ichi kumudzidzisi wangu wechiArabu, akanongedza vhesi kubva muKorani iyo inoti, “Uye kana vakateerera kuzaruriro yakagamuchirwa neMutumwa, uchaona maziso avo achiyerera misodzi, nekuti ivo vanoziva chokwadi. Vanonamata vachiti, 'Ishe wedu! Tinotenda, tinyore pakati pezvapupu.
Ndakapedzisira kumuudza ndisati ndaenda ndakamuseka. Chakanga chiri chimwe chinhu chandakatorera mukoma wangu anga achitaura kumachechi muKnoxville. Isu tinoda kutarisa kuIslam seyechitatu uye yekupedzisira meseji mumutsara utatu unoziviswa zvizere naMwari. "Wakamboona Starwars, Tariro Itsva?" ndakabvunza. “Wakamboona Empire Inorova Kudzokera? Zvakanaka, iwe haunganzwisisi nyaya yacho yose kusvikira watarisa Kudzoka kweJedi!
