<span>On Labor Day, Bryan delivered
a widely renowned dialogue in which he recommended that one of the tenacities
of government was to lay “rings in the noses of hogs” which shows a allusion to
regulation of trusts, though Bryan suggested that such 'hogs' should still be permitted
to get 'fat.' Both Democrats and Republicans retorted with cartoons classifying
other 'hogs' to be well-ordered.</span>
I would say the Middle east. Specifically the region of the Holy Land (Jerusalem) in Palestine.
The main point of the crusades was the take that land into the possession of the Christians.
Hope that helps