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While as regent for Baldwin IV Raymond of Tripoli made a truce with who and why?
Saladin in 1175 so Saladin could focus on trying to take control of Aleppo
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Why was Raymond of Tripoli's idea to marry Sibylla to William Longsword in 1176 a good idea?
He was the son of the Count of Montferrat (crusading family), first cousin to the King of France and related to the German imperial line. He did not cause conflict in Jerusalem's nobility
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What victory did Baldwin IV have after refusing to renew the truce with Saladin in 1176?
He defeated Turan-Shah after leading a raiding party into Lebanon
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What significant victory did the Franks win against Saladin in 1177?
Victory at Mont Guisard. Saladin had advanced on Baldwin at Ascalon but misjudged allowing his army to spread out and raid surrounding area so when the Franks attacked he was forced to retreat
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When was the second truce with Saladin made so each could focus on internal political struggles?
1180
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What victory did the Baldwin IV have over Saladin in 1182?
Baldwin defeated Saladin with a smaller frankish foce at the Battle of Galilee where Saladin had used his Egyptian fleet to blockade to port of Beirut but was driven off by a joint Frankish and Pisan fleet
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What military success did Guy have over Saladin in 1183?
He summoned the full military strength of the Kingdom to shadow Saladin but refused to engage forcing Saladin to retreat with no loss of Christian life
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How did Raymond of Tripoli help secure the Kingdom when Baldwin IV dies in 1185?
He secures a truce with Saladin
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What were the terms of the truce between Guy and Saladin in 1186?
Guy paid Saladin 60,000 gold bezants for peace
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What did Raymond III of Tripoli advise Guy to do when Saladin had captured Tiberius in 1187?
To shadow Saladin which had been effective in 1183
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Who managed to break free at the Battle of Hattin in 1187?
Raymond of Tripoli, Reynald of Sidon and Balian of Ibelin
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Which three major cities were left in Crusader hands after Saladin's attacks after Hattin?
Antioch, Tyre and Tripoli
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When did Conrad of Montferrat defeat Saladin's siege of Tyre?
January 1188
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When did Saladin agree on an 8 month truce with Antioch?
1188 so he could return to Damascus
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In what year does Guy besiege Acre?
Summer 1189
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When did Conrad go to the siege at Acre and what did he bring with him?
September 1189 with 1,000 knights and 20,000 infantry
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What major victory did Frederick Barbarossa have against the Seljuks in May 1190?
He took their capital city of Iconium
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In September 1190 what did King Richard of England do in Sicily for 6 months?
He gathered more money and resources assembling 17,000 troops. Tancred of Lecce, Sicily's ruler gave Richard ships
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When did Richard take Cyprus from Issac Comnenus and why was it significant?
May 1191 and he used it as a source of income, 50% levy on all possessions and then he sold it to the Templars for 100,000 bezants
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When did Richard king of England arrive at Acre?
June 1191 to great ceremony and opened negotiations with Saladin
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When did Acre surrender?
July 1191
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How did Richard and Phillip try and reduce the divisions within the Christian army?
They decided that Guy would be King for life and Conrad would succeed him with royal revenues being divided equally
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When did Richard march his army from Acre to Jaffa in a strict formation?
August 1191
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When was the Battle of Arsuf? What happened?
September 1191, Saladin ordered his force of 30,000 to attack the Crusaders north of Jaffa. Richard defeated him. When he got to Jaffa he refortified the town
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When the Crusaders set out from Jaffa in October 1191 what did Richard do along the way?
Rebuilt castles and secured supply lines
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How did Richard retake Jaffa from Saladin in July 1192?
He sailed to Jaffa from Acre and waded ashore himself
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When was the Treaty of Jaffa signed and what were the terms?
September 1192, the Christians kept the coast from Jaffa to Tyre but had to return Ascalon but Christian pilgrims were allowed into Jerusalem
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What did the German Emperor Henry VI's crusade capture in September 1197?
Beirut and Sidon
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Why could the attack on Zara in November 1202 be seen as successful?
It was taken in less than a week
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What military success did the Crusaders have in July 1203?
Galata fell immediately and the Venetians occupied the port and entered the city setting fire o buildings until they were forced to retreat
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What happened in April 1204?
The Crusaders successfully captured Constantinople
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When Constantinople was taken how was divisions and conflicts within the Crusading army avoided?
The Crusading leaders signed a treaty that the emperor of the city would be elected by a council
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Who was elected the new Emperor in May 1204
Baldwin of Flanders elected Emperor of Romania in Hagia Sophia
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