Assertion: symbol | /r/CapableOf | extend to pre-islamic times
Facets:
value: in the byzantine empire
type: LOCATION
value: in crusader states
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: But the star and crescent symbol became strongly associated with the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century, a symbol that had been used throughout the Middle East extending back to pre-Islamic times, especially in the Byzantine Empire and Crusader States which occupied the lands later assumed by the Ottoman Empire.