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Turning point · The Crusades, 1095–1291
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1218–19 — the Fifth Crusade seizes the fortress guarding the Nile, meaning to trade Egypt for Jerusalem. Then it marches on Cairo, is trapped by the flood, and must surrender everything it won.
This is one scene of Chapter 10 — The Crusades of Kings in The Crusades, 1095–1291.
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