The siege of Damietta of 1218–1219 was part of the Fifth Crusade in which the Crusaders attacked the Egyptian port city of Damietta. The city, under the...
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Jerusalem. After the siege of Damietta of 1218–19, the port was occupied by the Crusaders. The siege devastated the population of Damietta. After the crusaders...
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Fifth Crusade (redirect from Capture of Jerusalem (1218))
Following the successful siege of Damietta in 1218–1219, the Crusaders occupied the port for two years. Al-Kamil, now sultan of Egypt, offered attractive...
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(1169), a part of the Crusader invasions of Egypt Siege of Damietta (1218–1219), a part of the Fifth Crusade Siege of Damietta (1249), a part of the Seventh...
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Al-Adiliya, a few miles south of Damietta. June 24 – Siege of Damietta: The Crusader army assaults the fortified city of Damietta, but they repeatedly fail...
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Pontoon bridge (section Invasion of Iraq)
the Crusaders built two pontoon bridges across the Nile at the siege of Damietta (1218–1219), including one supported by 38 boats. On 27 May 1234, Crusader...
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De itinere Frisonum (category History of Frisia)
"that the liberation of the Church should begin at its head". Although the text makes no allusions to the siege of Damietta (1218–1219), finishing the story...
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fought while the siege of Damietta was ongoing. An Ayyubid victory, it had little effect on the course of the war. In February 1219, the Ayyubid sultan...
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Crusades (category Medieval history of the Middle East)
could stretch across the Nile. The siege of Damietta began in June 1218 with a successful assault on the tower. The loss of the tower was a great shock to...
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Al-Kamil (category Year of birth uncertain)
attacked by the forces of the Fifth Crusade. Al-Kamil took command of the forces which defended Damietta against the Crusaders. In 1219 he was almost overthrown...
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