Final Flashcards
Antioch (1097-8)
first major city to fall to the crusaders, took place over new years
Jerusalem (1099)
Final major city to fall to crusaders
Hatin (1187)
Decisive victory of Salahadin over the crusaders used victory to retake jerusalem
Constantinople (1204)
4th crusade, crusaders take over the city
Baghdad (1258)
Mongols take the city and sack
Any Jaliyah (1260)
Mongols defeated by Mamlucks and their expansion is halted
Acre (1291)
Mamluks take the city from the crusaders, given them a foot hold against crusaders
Delhi (1399)
Timur, captures Bayezid and gains allegiance of the Bayezids sons
Constantinople (1453)
Mahmed II, ottomans conquered Byzantine empire. Byzantines are wiped
Granada (1492)
Fall of Granada to Ferdinand and Isabella
Raymond of St Gilles
Led the first crusade, capture Jerusalem in 1099. Massacres the inhabitants of Jerusalem
Richard the Lionheart
Third crusade, triggered by Salahadin; He fought Salahadin to a draw, securing a beach head for the crusaders
‘Imad al-Din
Took out the crusader kingdom of edessa. It was an easy inland target. First crusader kingdom to fall
Nur al-Din
Son of Imad, wanted to unify cities didn’t want to take damascus by force
Salah al Din
Founder of the Ayyubids, Jihadist who retook jerusalem for the muslims
al-Kamil
Made a treaty, giving back jerusalem to the crusaders
Salih Ayyub
His core of slave soldiers become the Mamluks