At a glance
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
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Walk this pathway
5steps · 30min · newcomer · student
The shock
1099: the crusaders take Jerusalem.
The response
Zangi retakes Edessa; Nur al-Din unites Syria.
Saladin
Hattin 1187 and Jerusalem's return.
Saladin (Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub) · Battle of Hattin · Ayyubid dynasty
Later crusades
Barbarossa's march and the Egypt and Tunis campaigns.
The German King's Campaign and His Drowning · Louis IX's siege of Tunis (the Eighth Crusade)
The end
1291: the Mamluks expel the last from Acre.
al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars · السلطان المظفر سيف الدين قطز المعزي
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Overview
A path through two centuries of war: the fall of Jerusalem, Nur al-Din, Salah al-Din and Hattin, and the end of the Crusaders at Acre.
Sources
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islam.museum contributors. “The Crusading Era”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/exhibits/path-crusades-era/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.