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from the 1095 call to Acre's fall in 1291
that is the span of one campaign, not the whole wars
that runs well beyond the age of the Crusades
that is the life of one small Crusader state
sources describe a divided resistance before reunification
Muslims fought from the start; coordination was the weak part
Crusader armies were small next to the region's armies
they were newcomers in a land they did not know
sources record the city's recovery in spring 1187
Saladin never left the Middle East
he was uniting Muslims against the Crusader states
his truces were shorter pauses, not half a century
Edessa, Antioch, Tripoli and the Latin kingdom
that is closer to the count of major cities
two only if you ignore inland states
the Franks split their holdings into four kingdoms
chroniclers record peace, trade and cooperation across lines
stretches of peace outlasted stretches of war
preachers and orders took part on both sides
the main foe was an outside invasion, though internal struggles overlapped
sources date the Latin kingdom's end to Acre's fall
mainland Crusader presence ended in 1291
it fell after a long siege, not a handover
Acre was a city, not something to move
they ruled from Beirut, Acre and the castles more than the countryside
their rule did not reach the desert
their strength was the coast and the castles, not the whole land
the Franks never ruled Egypt
the castles, roads and stories remained in both sides' books
the states, castles and memory lasted for generations
the region mostly kept its languages and faith
trade grew after the wars, it did not disappear
accounts reach us from Ibn al-Athir and Frankish writers alike
detailed accounts survive from both sides
Muslims wrote their own accounts
European records reach us too
the books used it for the invading forces and settlers
Persians had their own name in those books
the word was for the newcomers, not the coastal people
the campaign was twelfth-century, not ancient
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