Baibars captures the ancient city of Ashkelon…
1270 CE
Baibars captures the ancient city of Ashkelon from the crusaders in 1270 and destroys it utterly, going so far as to fill in its important harbor, leaving the site desolate and the city never to be rebuilt.
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Christians, Eastern (Diophysite, or “Nestorian”) (Church of the East)
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Muslims, Sunni
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Christians, Roman Catholic
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Jerusalem, Latin Kingdom of
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Tripoli, County of
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Templar, Knights (Poor Knights of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon)
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Jaffa and Ascalon, County of
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Cyprus, Kingdom of
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Egypt and Syria, Mamluk Bahri Sultanate of
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Palestine, Mamluk
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