Crusades · TURNING POINT ·
Siege of Damietta (1218–19)
On the Crusades map as “Damietta”
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.
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- Turning point
- Chapter
- Fifth to Eighth Crusades (chapter 10 of Crusades)
- Atlas
- The Crusades, 1095–1291
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