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Name: Crusaders (Fifth Crusade)

Type: Polity

Start: 1218 AD

End: 1221 AD

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Generic term that refers to the territories controlled by the Crusaders during the Fifth Crusade before their organization in polities.

Establishment


  • August 1218: In 1218, the fortress of Damietta in the Nile Delta was besieged by the Crusaders. After two failed attempts, the fortress eventually capitulated on 25 August.
  • Chronology


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    1. Crusades


    The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the Medieval period. The best known of these military expeditions are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291.

    1.1.Fifth Crusade

    Was a Crusade initiated by Pope Honorius III. The military actions took place in Palestine and Egypt.

  • January 1222: Al-Kamil forced the Crusaders to retreat from Damietta and Egypt altogether.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1222: Al-Kamil forced the Crusaders to retreat from Damietta and Egypt altogether.
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