The Siege of Damasus (Second Crusade) 1148
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- The Siege of Damascus
- Strategy
- Edessa
- Nur ad-Din had destroyed fortification
- massacred Christian inhabitants
- could not keep and man it
- Aleppo
- to defend Antioch
- pointless- aim to go south to Jerusalem
- not protect North
- Eleanor of Aquitaine supported
- Louis VII opposed
- Damascus
- allied with Nur ad-Din
- was an ally of Jerusalem
- surrounded by fertile land
- lucrative center of trade
- desert= natural frontier
- threat to Jerusalem
- allied with Nur ad-Din
- Ascalon
- last port on the coast of Syria
- still in Muslim hands
- base for privacy and Egyptian attacks
- rids Egyptian threat
- Edessa
- Participants
- Louis VII fleet
- Approved Damascus again wife Eleanor
- believed she was having an affair
- Approved Damascus again wife Eleanor
- Conrad
- Damascus was a close Muslim stronghold to Jerusalem
- Raymond of Antioch
- wanted Aleppo
- agreed Damascus as no one agreed with him
- Baldwin II
- prove himself as a military leader
- heal feud with mother Melisende
- Ascalon= help to brother Amalric
- Melisende's side
- prove himself as a military leader
- Louis VII fleet
- Second Crusade failed July 1148
- approaching Muslim army
- Moved East
- better attack point
- no cover or water
- no siege engines
- no immediate attack
- no supplies= no attack
- Moved East
- Moved East
- better attack point
- no cover or water
- no siege engines
- no immediate attack
- approaching Muslim army
- should have attacked Aleppo...
- Straight for Nur ad-Din's jugular
- not a problem in future
- Damascus allied with Nur ad-Din after attack
- Nur ad-Din then took the city
- Damascus
- should have prepared siege equipment
- supplies
- too big to surround
- lack of man power as they stopped at Lisbon
- Straight for Nur ad-Din's jugular
- Strategy
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