Eduqas GCSE History · C100
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Revise: The Second CrusadeWestern Christians in the city were killed or enslaved, and appeals for help made the danger to the other Crusader states seem urgent. When an attempt to recover Edessa failed in 1146, Zangi's successor, Nur ad-Din, punished the city severely. Recovering the original position was becoming increasingly difficult.
- Revise: Importance of the Crusades
One of the territories established by Latin Christian rulers in the eastern Mediterranean following the First Crusade: Edessa, Antioch, Tripoli or Jerusalem.