Crusades · TURNING POINT ·
Siege of Edessa (1144)
On the Crusades map as “The fall of Edessa”
24 Dec 1144 — Zengi, atabeg of Mosul and Aleppo, storms the first and most exposed crusader state. Its loss shocks Europe into the Second Crusade and gives the Muslim counter-crusade its first martyr-city and its first hero.
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- Turning point
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- Second Crusade (chapter 5 of Crusades)
- Atlas
- The Crusades, 1095–1291
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- Ancient Rome
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