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The Rhineland communities destroyed in 1096 — Speyer, Worms, Mainz, Cologne — before the army is anywhere near its stated war. Jerusalem falls in 1099. In 1204 a crusade sacks a Christian capital.
In plain words
Crusading mobs fall on the Jewish communities of Speyer, Worms, Mainz and Cologne in 1096, destroying most of them, before the army is anywhere near its stated war; Jerusalem falls in 1099, and in 1204 a crusade sacks a Christian capital. The order is the tell: you attack the line before the enemy only if the line is the real target.
The mechanism
SEED ATTACK, AND THE ORDERING IS THE TELL — you attack the seed before you attack the enemy only if the seed is the real target
How it was checked
- EvidenceT5 INDEPENDENT SECULAR; Status: COMMITTED; a capture
- Letter eraTHE CAPTURE 313 to 1302
- Plate — Egerton MS 1500, fol. 45v, France, 14th century · British Library · Public domain · source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peter_the_Hermit.jpg
- SourcesSECULAR RECORD — chronicles from both sides