High Middle Ages · Middle East · War
1123
Battle of Yibneh
May 29, 1123
The Crusaders ambushed and destroyed a Fatimid army near the coast south of Jaffa, effectively ending serious Egyptian attempts to reconquer the kingdom by land for a generation. Baldwin II was at that moment sitting in a Turkish prison; his constable had done the job for him. The victory freed the kingdom from the threat of simultaneous assault from Egypt and Damascus that had haunted its early decades.
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Also in 1123 (3 other events on record)
- First Lateran Council · Europe · Religion
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Before and after in Middle East
Before and after in War
- Before: April 28, 1122: Battle of Beroia
- After: July 7, 1124: Fall of Tyre
Era
High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.
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