In 1187 Saladin recaptured Jerusalem

Athanasios Pallis

In 1187 Saladin recaptured Jerusalem and forced the Knights to resort Ptolemais (County of Tripoli, St. John of Acre, why except Order of the Knights of Malta are also called the Order of the Knights Hospitallers), where they remained there for about a century, before forced to abandon permanently the Holy Land and settle in Cyprus. Finally, on 15 August 1310 under the leadership of Grand Master Fulk de Villaret and with the consent of Pope Clement, the Hospital (the other name) moved its headquarters to Rhodes (Knights of Rhodes), holding also Halicarnassus and Kastelorizo where he undertook reorganization guild and having inherited the fortune of their competitors Templars after their dissolution as blasphemous heresy, with several members to join the Knights.
When was definitively conquered Rhodes Castle Masters Muslims, allowing the safe withdrawal of the battalion with all their belongings, settled in Malta who had granted the Charles E Spain, hence the renaming them.
The battalion lost many of his possessions to the spread of Protestantism and other sects, but survived in Malta.
The Maltese Cross is the emblem of the Knights and represents the four great gods of Assyria: Ra, Anu, and Ea Vilos.

Who of us can imagine, without seeing a specific charter, the size of the EEZ and the FIR of Malta; Who among us can not recognize the geostrategic position of Malta in the center of the Mediterranean; Who can ignore the role of Malta as shield of Christendom; All these questions are not rhetorical. Belong exclusively to the field of obstetrics, under the famous terminology of Socrates.

Here I will make a point. The date of termination of the first crusade: 11/11/1100. Not much has been written about the number 11 11 11.
Now why should be more important to end and not the beginning, maybe there were difficulties regarding the timing of the existence of numerous different guilds.
For their economic survival had indulged in piracy and the slave trade against Islamists, releasing Christian captives. In 1577 German Annex guild embraces Lutheranism without even deprived of financial assistance the core. Gradually, the knights are losing ground so indulge again in slavery strengthening their finances and continuing to put against the Ottomans. Sent their fleet where there was need. Every battle and every battle happened assistance guild. In 1607 magistros anointed "Prince of the Holy Roman Empire" and in 1630 the privileges given equivalent Cardinal.
In 1798 the knights agree to use Malta as a refueling station for the troops of Napoleon. A year after Bonaparte gets hold of the sovereignty of the island and the guild is back without seat. Paul the Great offered accommodation in order to return the position of Grand Master. Paul did not take the office with the papal bull nor and needed. Created the great Russian commune and managed to assimilate the guild changing the organization chart, checking finances and placing Russians as military commanders. At this point I want to make some correlations with the October revolution against the Tsars, the rise of Bolshevism and the causes for subsequent geostrategic policies!