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Crusader states

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Also known as Outremer

Christian states in the Levant, 1098–1291

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A map of the territorial extent of the Crusader states, Edessa, Antioch, Tripoli, and Jerusalem, in the Holy Land in 1135, shortly before the Second Crusade. The nearest Christian states were the Kingdom of Cilicia and the Byzantine empire.

Detailed map of the Crusader states at the time of maximum territorial extent. The map shows more than 600 identified medieval fortified sites in the Holy Land.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Crusader states” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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