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After hundreds of attempts by the crusaders in Jerusalem trying to capture Egypt Nural- Din’s forces captured Cairo in 1169 this forced the crusader army to evacuate. Shirkuh was the leader of this and after his death his nephew Saladin took over and started the campaign of conquest that happened after Nural- Din's death in 1174. In 1187, Saladin began a serious campaign against the crusader kingdom in Jerusalem. Him and his troops destroyed the Christian army at the battle of Hattin and took control of the city and some property as well. This caused the third crusade to begin, because the people were angry with the new of defeat, leaders of the third crusade included Emperor Frederick barbarossa,King Philip II, and King Richard I. Frederick …show more content…

King Richard’s ship wrecked off the coast of Adriatic near the Holy Land. He tried to disguise himself and travel through Austria but he was captured by the Duke of Austria.He offended the Duke at the siege of Acre.King Richard then regained power by paying a ransom that was more than twice the annual revenues of England. (Third …show more content…

Eliminating some periods in the first half of the thirteenth century the Europeans would never again have control over Jerusalem. After the recapturing of the Holy Land muslim armies slowly disappeared from the remaining crusader states,in 1291 the last christian stronghold in the region Acre fell. The crusades would continue to affect relations between the West and the Middle East into the modern era. (Saladin Recaptures

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