Siege of Jacob's Ford
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siege-of-jacob-s-ford-225-2844755
title:
Siege of Jacob's Ford
text:
The siege of Jacob's Fort was a victory of the Muslim Sultan Saladin over the Christian King of Jerusalem, Baldwin IV. It occurred in August 1179, when Saladin conquered and destroyed Chastelet, a new border castle built by the Knights Templar at Jacob's Ford on the upper Jordan River, a historic passage point between the Golan Heights and north Galilee. Jacob's Ford is also known by the Latin name of Vadum Iacob and in modern Hebrew as Ateret. Many scholars believe that Saladin's reconquest of
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Component of the Crusades (1179)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Jacob%27s_Ford
date created:
2005-11-17T14:25:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T14:58:33Z
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