Cian at 02:02, 13 May 2009

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	** 1104 -- city captured by European [[Crusade]]rs, under [[Baldwin I]], [[king]] of [[Jerusalem]].		* 1104 -- [[city]] captured by European [[Crusade]]rs, under [[Baldwin I]], [[king]] of [[Jerusalem]].
	:It becomes the principal port of the Kingdom, known as "Acre" as they believed (erroneously) that it was the site of the Philistine and biblical city of ''Ekron''..		:It becomes the principal port of the [[Kingdom]], known as "Acre" as they believed (erroneously) that it was the site of the Philistine and biblical city of ''Ekron''..

	** 1187 -- city re-captured by [[Saladin]; [[Guy of Lusignan]] ~~beseiges~~ it in 1189, and in 1191 the [[Third Crusade]] retake the city, and, with Jerusalem now lost, it becomes the ''de facto'' capital of the Crusader state.		* 1187 -- city re-captured by [[Saladin]]; [[Guy of Lusignan]] be[[seige]]s it in 1189, and in 1191 the [[Third Crusade]] retake the city, and, with Jerusalem now lost, it becomes the ''de facto'' capital of the [[Crusader state]].

	** 1229 -- city given over to the [[Knights Hospitaller]]		* 1229 -- city given over to the [[Knights Hospitaller]]

	** 1291 -- city beseiged and captured by [[Mameluke]] forces		* 1291 -- city beseiged and captured by [[Mameluke]] forces

	** 1517 -- city captured by the Ottoman [[Turk]]s after which it declines almost to nothing by the end of the [[17th century]]		* 1517 -- city captured by the [[Ottoman]] [[Turk]]s after which it declines almost to nothing by the end of the [[17th century]]

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Simoncursitor at 09:25, 12 May 2009

2009-05-12T09:25:30Z

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'''Acre'''

** 1104 -- city captured by European [[Crusade]]rs, under [[Baldwin I]], [[king]] of [[Jerusalem]].
:It becomes the principal port of the Kingdom, known as "Acre" as they believed (erroneously) that it was the site of the Philistine and biblical city of ''Ekron''..

** 1187 -- city re-captured by [[Saladin]; [[Guy of Lusignan]] beseiges it in 1189, and in 1191 the [[Third Crusade]] retake the city, and, with Jerusalem now lost, it becomes the ''de facto'' capital of the Crusader state.

** 1229 -- city given over to the [[Knights Hospitaller]]

** 1291 -- city beseiged and captured by [[Mameluke]] forces

** 1517 -- city captured by the Ottoman [[Turk]]s after which it declines almost to nothing by the end of the [[17th century]]

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Acre - Revision history

Cian at 02:02, 13 May 2009

Simoncursitor at 09:25, 12 May 2009