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'''Acre'''
'''Acre'''


** 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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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..
  • 1291 -- city beseiged and captured by Mameluke forces


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