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King Richard II, 1192: The Battle Of Jaffa

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During the third crusade, 1192, when the third crusade was at a temporary halt, a big event happened in which king Richard I landed in Jaffa . After a big success, king Richard I of England or also known as the Lionheart lead a Christian army to conquer Jerusalem but were not able to. At this time, it seemed like the third crusade was close to its ending. King Richard and his army later arrived in Jaffa, they had to spend lots of time preparing to get there, because it served as the main entrance to Jerusalem, which king Richard the first and his army wanted to enter so that they could take over the holy city. They wanted to do this so that they could reclaim the holy land and make all of the Jews and Muslims become Christian. In the end it turned out to be Lionheart biggest victory.

During the time where Richard and his Christian army arrived at Jaffa, the Jews were being badly invaded and treated horribly by the Christians. Richard arrived with his very very big army through Jaffa and into Jerusalem where the Jews (and very few Muslims) had an entire city built out and an entire economy built as well. Jerusalem had not been as badly affected until the third crusades, when their entire city was invaded and being hardly fought for. …show more content…

The battle at Jaffa was a complete success for king Richard I and his Christian army, they ended up defeating the ruler of Jerusalem at the time and who was also Jewish. Once they had seemed to have conquered Jerusalem, they would take the Jews into a horrible cell where the Jews would be tortured until they would become Christian. This was a lose - lose situation, though, because either way they would be killed, so, that did not end well either way. The Christians had started out with a general lead with their army and everything in the third crusade, and they basically brought it to an end full of victory for

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