The Second Crusade 1148: Disaster Outside Damascus
(Part of the Osprey Campaign (#204) Series and Osprey Campaign (#204) Series)
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After the fall of the crusader kingdom of Edessa, the Pope called for a new crusade in 1145. This new campaign by the Christian west against the forces of eastern Islam would culminate in the 1148 siege of Damascus, then the capital city of an Islamic state that had been friendly towards the crusaders. Despite the earlier successes for the crusaders at Antioch and Jerusalem, and the weak fortifications around Damascus, the siege proved a dismal and...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1846033543
ISBN13:9781846033544
Release Date:January 2009
Publisher:Osprey Publishing (UK)
Length:96 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 7.2" x 9.5"
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