Between The 2nd And 3rd Flashcards
When did Baldwin III become sole ruler?
1153
When and how did B3 take Ascalon?
1153 8 month siege
What happened during Ascalon siege with Nur?
He took Damascus in 1154
When did Nur suffer serious illness and when did he go to Mecca ?
1157,59,61
What did he sponsor in Aleppo in 1169?
A minbar with jihad inscription
What caused an alliance (year?) between B3 and Manuel?
What was the agreement and so what happened ?
Reynald went on a pillaging campaign in Byz Cyprus with the king of Armenia … 1158 allied against him and fought him off
B3 would not interfere in return for help against Nur - Antioch now a vassal of Byz
What happened in 1159 with Aleppo?
Manuel agreed not to attack in return for a truce of peace which only Reynald broke
1st invasion of Egypt:
Year?
Why did Amalric go?
Why did he retreat ?
1164
Shawar called for help against Shirkuh
Nur attacked Antioch and captured the leaders = forced his retreat
2nd invasion of Egypt:
Year
Why did Amalric go?
What was the success ?
1167
Shawar was threatened by Shirkuh in the lands again
Won at Alexandria and put a Frankish garrison in Cairo and got protection money of 100,000 gold dinars a year - a Christian protectorate
3rd invasion of Egypt: Year Why ? What did Shawar do? Where did it end against who?
1168
Wanted to defeat Fatimids so organised an attack with Constantinople
Ask Nur for help
Shirkuh arrived with the Damascene army and defeated them at Bilbais
What happened to leadership of Egypt after the 3rd invasion ?
Shirkuh killed Shawar and died two months later leaving Saladin in charge
4th invasion of Egypt: Year Who Attacked where ? Why did they go home ?
1169
Amalric and Manuel
Damietta
When the rains came due to to mistrust
Why did the 5th Invasion fail in which year ?
Amalric died of dysentery when he arrived at Alexandria with his army and the king of Sicily … he didn’t do well and was defeated
1174
When did Nur die?? The same year as who?
1174
Amalric
When did Saladin take Damascus?
1174 after Nur died
