Does 'They managed to control much of the country for nearly a century before the Muslim leader Saladin (Salah-ad-Din) defeated them in 1187.' logically set the stage for the hypothesis 'Saladin was a ferocious leader. '
They managed to control much of the country for nearly a century before the Muslim leader Saladin (Salah-ad-Din) defeated them in 1187.###Saladin was a ferocious leader. 