📜 History of Saladin & the 3rd Crusade: Siege of Jerusalem - A king does not kill kings. After the battle at Hattin, Saladin had dealt a grievous blow to the Crusader states. Important figures ...

Then, in 1187, they surrendered Jerusalem to the Muslim military leader Saladin. For the second century of their occupation, they were largely confined to a thin coastal strip along the ...

The Crusaders established a kingdom around Jerusalem. Saladin and Richard are believed to have shown great respect for each other as leaders, yet they never met. Richard wrote to Saladin during ...