Late Middle Ages · Middle East · War
1365
Crusader sack of Alexandria
October 1365
Peter I of Cyprus led a Latin fleet to the great Egyptian port, stormed it with a surprise amphibious assault, and let his men spend three days raping and burning. The crusaders fled when Mamluk relief approached, taking their plunder with them. The sack devastated Alexandrian commerce and convinced the Mamluks to deal harshly with European merchants for years.
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Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.