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Name: Second Crusade

Type: Event

Start: 1148 AD

End: 1149 AD

Parent: Crusades

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Was the second of a series of religious wars, or Crusades, initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The Second Crusade was started in response to the fall of the County of Edessa in 1144 to the forces of Zengi.

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  • July 1148: Siege of Damascus.
  • July 1148: The siege of Damascus resulted in the defeat of the Crusaders and the territory of Damascus remained under Burid control.
  • June 1149: The Zengid army of Atabeg Nur ad-Din Zangi destroyed the combined army of Prince Raymond of Antioch and the Assassins of Ali ibn-Wafa.

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