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* 1104 -- [[city]] captured by European [[Crusade]]rs, under [[Baldwin I]], [[king]] of [[Jerusalem]]. |
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: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''.. |
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* 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]]. |
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* 1229 -- city given over to the [[Knights Hospitaller]] |
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* 1291 -- city beseiged and captured by [[Mameluke]] forces |
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* 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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Latest revision as of 13:02, 13 May 2009
Acre
- 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 Turks after which it declines almost to nothing by the end of the 17th century
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