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Siege of Damascus (1148)
On the Crusades map as “The siege of Damascus”
24–28 Jul 1148 — the Second Crusade’s kings besiege the one Muslim city friendly to Jerusalem, then retreat in four days for reasons still argued. The fiasco drives Damascus into Nur al-Din’s arms and discredits crusading for a generation.
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- Battle site
- Chapter
- Second Crusade (chapter 5 of Crusades)
- Atlas
- The Crusades, 1095–1291
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