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We chose to go to Arabia. This place is just beautiful, we had heard rumours, but the reality exceeds all expectations. My husband has purchased a small shop in Jerusalem, with what money we had. If we want to become really wealthy this is where the action is.

It's hot, but they have clean water, books, so many books, and my husband has agreed to have me taught to read and do math so I can work in the shop he has bought. He really is beginning to listen to me more and trust in me to run the shop.

I'm constantly amazed at the Muslims, I thought they were demon worshippers who did horrible things to Christians and we would have to hide our faith, but that's not true at all. In fact, we worship on Sundays in our church and the Muslims worship the rest of the days. We share churchs, it turns out we are not so different after all. All they ask is that we don't push our religion on others and we have to pay a slightly higher tax, which is much more reasonable that what happens back home.

This world is amazing, I'm treated with much more respect as a woman than I was ever treated back in Europe. I actually feel like an individual and not property. I have to watch myself around my husband though, he still sticks to the old ways of thinking, but he does treat me better. OH NO, the new Prince of our province is crazy, he burned down the Holy Sepulchre Church where Jesus was buried. What will we do?

Great news, the crazy prince is gone, and the new leaders are trying to make amends by rebuilding the Holy Sepulchre church. I still can't believe how nice these people are.

My husband has become an exremely wealthy man, we live in a palace inside the city, and have servants. He still makes me work the store, even though he almost never does, as he has become increasingly involved in our church and is now an elder. He spends most of his time there. I almost never think of the monastery anymore.

Interesting news, it appears that a Christian army is approaching, I wonder what they want?

Terrible news, this Christian army (Crusaders they call themselves) has taken Jerusalem. I'm so confused, they say they did it in the name of Christianity, at Jesus and the Pope's request, but when they tore through the city they killed everyone. They didn't care that my husband was a christian or the people he was praying with in the church, they just killed them all. Not to mention all the other unspeakable things they did. Our mansion was looted and burned, thankfully out of some stroke of luck, the store survived. I own it now as my husband left it to me.

Oh what to do, I've had several offers to buy the store, Really good offers too. With the money I would make, I can stay here or go home, and live very comfortably the rest of my life.


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 * ~ Stay in Jerusalem ||~ Return home to Europe. ||
 * Jerusalem recovered from the sacking from the crusaders, and continued to be a profitable place to live. However, During the Christian presence in Arabia, they continued to do terrible things, broke treaties and were not liked or trusted by most of the residents. It was only a matter of time before they were thrown out. || Those that returned from the crusades were forever changed. They had seen what Islam had to offer, both in religion and in scientific advances. They took this information home with them and Europe began to change. ||

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