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  2. Timeline of the Kingdom of Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    The crusaders cannot take the Muslim fortress on Mount Tabor. [439] [447] 1218. Early. Andrew II, Hugh I and Bohemond IV leave the crusaders' camp. [448] Spring. Caesarea is fortified. Château Pèlerin is built on the coast near Acre. [449] May 29. The crusaders, along with troops from Jerusalem and Cyprus, lay siege to Damietta under John's ...

  3. Timeline of Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    c. 1550–1400 BCE: Jerusalem becomes a vassal to Egypt as the Egyptian New Kingdom reunites Egypt and expands into the Levant under Ahmose I and Thutmose I. c. 1330 BCE: Correspondence in the Amarna letters between Abdi-Heba , Canaanite ruler of Jerusalem (then known as Urusalim), and Amenhotep III , suggesting the city was a vassal to New ...

  4. History of Jerusalem during the Kingdom of Jerusalem

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    The History of Jerusalem during the Kingdom of Jerusalem began with the capture of the city by the Latin Christian forces at the apogee of the First Crusade. At that point it had been under Muslim rule for over 450 years. It became the capital of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, until it was again conquered by the Ayyubids under Saladin in 1187.

  5. History of Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    Jerusalem is one of the world's oldest cities, with a history spanning over 5,000 years. Its origins trace back to around 3000 BCE, with the first settlement near the Gihon Spring . The city is first mentioned in Egyptian execration texts around 2000 BCE as "Rusalimum."

  6. Kingdom of Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    A brief intervention in 1137–1138 by the Byzantine emperor John II Comnenus, who wished to assert imperial suzerainty over all the crusader states, did nothing to stop the threat of Zengi; in 1139 Damascus and Jerusalem recognized the severity of the threat to both states, and an alliance was concluded which halted Zengi's advance.

  7. Second Crusade - Wikipedia

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    Baldwin III finally seized Ascalon in 1153, which brought Egypt into the sphere of conflict. Jerusalem was able to make further advances into Egypt, briefly occupying Cairo in the 1160s. [57] However, relations with the Byzantine Empire were mixed, and reinforcements from Europe were sparse after the disaster of the Second Crusade.

  8. Medieval Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    The Siege of Jerusalem by the Crusaders saw much of the extant population at the time massacred as the Christian invaders took the city, and while its population quickly recovered during the Kingdom of Jerusalem, its population was decimated to less than 2,000 people when the Khwarezmi Turks took the city in 1244.

  9. Fifth Crusade - Wikipedia

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    The Fifth Crusade (September 1217 - August 29, 1221) [1] was a campaign in a series of Crusades by Western Europeans to reacquire Jerusalem and the rest of the Holy Land by first conquering Egypt, ruled by the powerful Ayyubid sultanate, led by al-Adil, brother of Saladin.