The Crusaders' Last Battle for the Holy Land
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The End of the Crusader States in the Levant
Saladin has made a terrible mistake in not occupying Tyre early, he says. It's been the landing stage for the rich of the line hard, and they're not going to repeat this. They destroy Acre, they destroy all the harbour infrastructure up and down the coast. So that there's nothing for them to come back for, there's no foothold, and this is the end. And it's the end not only militarily, but because of changes in the temperature, if you like, of Christian Europe.
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