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Events relating to palestine
The Knights Templar are founded, to protect pilgrims from the Muslims on the journey to Jerusalem
The fall of Edessa prompts the pope, Eugenius III, to call for a second crusade to defend the Latin kingdom
A bishop in the crusader territories of the Middle East has news of a fabulously wealthy Christian king, Prester John
By the time Louis VII and Conrad III reach the Holy Land they have lost more than half their joint armies to Muslim attacks
Louis VII and Conrad III do grave harm to the Latin Kingdom by a feeble attack that merely alienates the previously friendly city of Damascus
Saladin destroys the Christian army of the Latin kingdom in a battle below the Horns of Hattin
Saladin captures various Crusader fortresses and walled cities, including Acre
Saladin takes Jerusalem and treats the Christian inhabitants with a consideration unusual for the time
The Muslim garrison of Acre surrenders to Richard I, who orders the massacre of 2700 of its members
The Teutonic Knights are founded to run a hospital in Acre, in the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem
Frederick II, leader of the sixth crusade, briefly recovers Jerusalem for the Christians by negotiating with the Muslims
At Ayn Jalut, near Nazareth, the Egyptian Mamelukes defeat the Mongol army of Hulagu - the first military setback for the Mongols
The Mamelukes control Palestine and Syria, bringing the region securely back into Muslim hands
The Knights Templars withdraw from the island of Arwad, the last foothold of the crusaders in the Middle East
Napoleon, in Syria, orders 3000 captured defenders of Jaffa to be killed by bayonet or drowning to save ammunition
In a famous moment of calculated courage Napoleon visits and touches the sick in a plague hospital in Jaffa
The first settlements of European Jews, returning to the promised land, are established in Palestine
Ten men and two women establish the first kibbutz, at Degania in Palestine
Britain and France sign the secret Sykes-Picot Agreement, dividing up spheres of influence in the Middle East
Foreign Secretary A.J. Balfour declares Britain's conditional support for a homeland in Palestine for the Jews
Edmund Allenby takes the Palestinian town of Gaza, at the third British attempt
The British commander Edmund Allenby captures Jerusalem from its Turkish defenders
The Haganah is set up as an underground military organization to protect Jewish settlements in Palestine
League of Nations mandates give Britain responsibility for Iraq, Transjordan and Palestine
Arabs in the Palestinian town of Hebron turn on their Jewish neighbours and murder sixty-seven
