books.google.co.uk - In c.1142 work started on the construction of a major castle in the southern Jordanian town of Karak. The largest of a network of fortifications, Karak castle became the administrative centre of an important Crusader lordship. After 1188 Karak and its territories were incorporated into the Ayyubid, Mamluk...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Fortress_of_the_Raven.html?id=y7w7TW4NVBcC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Fortress of the Raven
