10. 1100-1131 FOUNDATION

Question 1

Which Muslim city did the Venetians help to capture in 1124?

Answer 1

Tyre

Question 2

Where did Pons of Tripoli and Baldwin II of Edessa defeat a Turkish invasion in 1115?

Answer 2

Tell Danith

Question 3

At which battle did Toghtegin and Mawdud successfully co-operate against the Franks in 1113?

Answer 3

al-Sannabra

Question 4

When was the Turkish emir of Apamea killed by the assassins?

Answer 4

1106

Question 5

Which castle was built by Baldwin I in 1115 to expand south and control a trade route?

Answer 5

Montreal

Question 6

Which city did the Norwegian crusaders help the Franks to capture in 1110?

Answer 6

Sidon

Question 7

Which city’s capture in 1104 by Baldwin I was of massive importance?

Answer 7

Acre

Question 8

Which city-state was vital in the capture of Arsuf, Caesarea and Acre?

Answer 8

Genoa

Question 9

Which Fatimid vizier did the Assassins murder in 1121?

Answer 9

Al-Afdal

Question 10

Who achieved a major Muslim victory at the Field of Blood in 1119?

Answer 10

Il-Ghazi

Question 11

Whose major weapon was their fleet, which threatened to blockade the Franks?

Answer 11

Fatimids

Question 12

Which Muslim leader was murdered in Damascus in 1113?

Answer 12

Mawdud of Mosul

Question 13

Which king of Sicily refused to aid Outremer after his mother’s humiliation by Baldwin I?

Answer 13

Roger II

Question 14

Who was the King of Jerusalem from 1100 to 1118?

Answer 14

Baldwin I

Question 15

Who was the King of Jerusalem from 1118 to 1131?

Answer 15

Baldwin II

Question 16

Who was the regent of Antioch from 1100 to 1112?

Answer 16

Tancred

Question 17

Which military order was founded in 1119, after the Field of Blood?

Answer 17

Templars

Question 18

The extermination of which force limited crusading enthusiasm?

Answer 18

Crusade of 1101

Question 19

What treaty, recognising Byzantine overlordship of Antioch, was signed by Bohemond I in 1108?

Answer 19

Devol

Question 20

Where did Baldwin I fight three battles agaisnt the Fatimids (1101,1102,1105)?

Answer 20

Ramleh

Question 21

Which city did Tancred capture from Byzantium with Mamistra and Tarsus in 1101?

Answer 21

Adana

Question 22

Which major battle against Muslims did Tancred lose in 1104?

Answer 22

Harran

Question 23

Who was the regent of Antioch from 1112 to 1119?

Answer 23

Roger of Salerno

Question 24

Who was the Prince of Antioch who ruled from 1126 to 1130?

Answer 24

Bohemond II

Question 25

When was Emperor John II forced to sign a treaty with the Venetians restoring their privileges?

Answer 25

1126

Question 26

Which Seljuk sultan, from 1092 to 1105, had rivals to his throne?

Answer 26

Barkiyaruq

Question 27

Who was Il-Ghazi's successor at Aleppo from 1122 to 1124?

Answer 27

Balak

Question 28

Which Muslim leader gained Mosul in 1127 and Aleppo in 1128?

Answer 28

Zengi

Question 29

Which port was captured from the Byzantines by Tancred in 1103?

Answer 29

Lattakieh

Question 30

Where were the Fatimids defeated by Eustace Grenier, the Constable of Jerusalem, in 1123?

Answer 30

Yibneh

Question 31

Which battle was a big victory for Baldwin II against the Seljuks in 1125?

Answer 31

Azaz

Question 32

Who helped secure the release of Raymond from Tancred (1100) and Bohemond from the Danishmends (1103)?

Answer 32

Bernard of Valence

Question 33

What tax of goods sold in the city of Jerusalem was very profitable to its kings?

Answer 33

the plateaticum