Fulk has initiated the construction of a…
1140 CE
Fulk has initiated the construction of a series of fortresses to protect Jerusalem, including Krak (Kerak) of Moab to the south of the Dead Sea, built by his butler Paganus.
Fulk has Blanche Garde, Ibelin, and other forts built in the southwest to overpower the Egyptian fortress at Ascalon and to enable the kingdom’s access to the Red Sea.
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Berber people (also called Amazigh people or Imazighen, "free men", singular Amazigh)
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Egypt in the Middle Ages
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Muslims, Sunni
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Muslims, Shi'a
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Ismailism
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Fatimid Caliphate
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Christians, Roman Catholic
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Christians, Eastern Orthodox
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Jerusalem, Latin Kingdom of
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Mosul, Zengi's Emirate of
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