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146:Casualties and losses
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1187:and other powerful
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889:3rd Tripoli
869:2nd Tripoli
854:2nd Antioch
796:3rd Ascalon
746:Mount Tabor
676:Philomelion
537:2nd Bilbeis
527:1st Bilbeis
502:2nd Ascalon
436:Edessa 1146
431:Edessa 1144
426:2nd Shaizar
351:Al-Sannabra
346:1st Shaizar
311:1st Tripoli
264:1st Ascalon
244:2nd Antioch
234:1st Antioch
198:(1096–1303)
42:August 1101
1341:Categories
1246:052134770X
1222:References
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1171:, and the
1161:Byzantines
1028:2nd Nicaea
1018:1st Nicaea
961:Vaspurakan
647:Al-Shughur
572:Marj Ayyun
557:Montgisard
552:Alexandria
507:Lake Huleh
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85:Danishmend
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1008:Oinousses
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751:Machghara
703:2nd Jaffa
691:1st Jaffa
686:1st Arsuf
612:2nd Kerak
602:1st Kerak
532:al-Babein
517:al-Buqaia
411:Qinnasrin
401:Rafaniyya
326:3rd Ramla
306:2nd Ramla
301:1st Ramla
1255:17461930
1173:Lombards
1159:and the
1146:Mersivan
1134:Anatolia
1124:and the
1043:Laodicea
1023:Mersivan
991:Sebastia
966:Kapetron
894:4th Acre
839:Caesarea
671:3rd Acre
637:Laodicea
627:3rd Tyre
582:2nd Acre
480:Damascus
316:1st Acre
286:Mersivan
281:Melitene
239:Samosata
192:Crusades
133:Strength
56:Merzifon
52:Mersivan
47:Location
29:Crusades
27:Part of
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1165:Germans
1128:led by
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1013:Antioch
681:Iconium
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607:Cresson
597:Al-Fule
587:Red Sea
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465:Ephesus
406:Antioch
249:Ma'arra
219:Civetot
154:Unknown
151:Unknown
141:Unknown
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617:Hattin
567:Banias
497:Aintab
416:Ba'rin
376:Yibneh
356:Sarmin
336:Beirut
321:Harran
224:Nicaea
196:Levant
138:20,000
63:Result
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956:Ganja
849:Safed
844:Haifa
708:Toron
657:Safed
522:Harim
441:Bosra
341:Sidon
331:Artah
276:Arsuf
1322:ISBN
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781:Gaza
722:Zara
562:Hama
547:Ayla
492:Inab
386:Azaz
254:Arqa
39:Date
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