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Crusader king of Jerusalem from 1174 to 1185, Baldwin IV ruled as a leper from childhood, defeated Saladin at Montgisard, defended the Latin kingdom by faith and sword and kept pragmatic truces with the Muslims.
Political axes
Baldwin IV leans further toward religious than 99% of the 416 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Religion is where Baldwin IV stands furthest from the rest.
On Immigration, Baldwin IV sits close to the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
Ideological proximity
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Roman imperial tradition that, from Julius Caesar through Augustus, Nero, Marcus Aurelius and Justinian, concentrates army, law and administration in the ruler while preserving institutions, popular provisioning and sovereignty over a diverse empire.
Ideology advocating the political unity of Muslims above national borders, around the ummah and the ideal of a caliphate, formulated by Jamal al-Din al-Afghani and adopted by Ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid II against European colonialism.
Russian geopolitical current that sees Eurasia as a distinct civilization and proposes a Moscow-led continental bloc, with regional autonomy and shared strategic command, against Atlanticism and US hegemony.
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Anarcho-NaturismAnarchist30%
King of Castile from 1217 and León from 1230, he consolidated the union of the crowns and conquered Córdoba and Seville. He ruled as a medieval Catholic monarch and promoted legal and administrative organization in conquered territories.
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A federation of Gulf monarchies, the United Arab Emirates combines power concentrated in the royal families, a liberal economy diversified beyond oil, and strong bets on technology, tourism, and global finance.
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A dynastic union of Aragon, Catalonia, and other Mediterranean lands whose constituent realms kept their own laws and assemblies. The Crown expanded through trade and conquest; its institutions were gradually abolished after the War of the Spanish Succession.
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