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A Crusader city and county whose capture by Zangi in December 1144 prompted calls for the Second Crusade.
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Revise: The Second CrusadeThe capture of Edessa by Zangi, ruler of Mosul and Aleppo, on 24 December 1144 was the immediate trigger for the Second Crusade. It showed that the gains of the First Crusade could be lost.
Distinguish the original trigger, the fall of Edessa, from the eventual target, Damascus.
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