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Date	August 5, 1192
Location	Israel
Participants	Ayyubid dynasty • England
Context	Crusades • Third Crusade

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Siege of Antioch

October 20, 1097 - June 28, 1098

Battle of Harran

May 7, 1104

Siege of Edessa

November 28, 1144 - December 24, 1144

Siege of Lisbon

July 1, 1147 - October 25, 1147

Siege of Damascus

July 23, 1148 - July 28, 1148

Battle of Ḥaṭṭīn

July 4, 1187

Battle of Jaffa

August 5, 1192

Sack of Constantinople

April 1204

Albigensian Crusade

1209 - 1229

Siege of Toulouse

1217 - 1218

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Richard I

king of England

Saladin

Ayyūbid sultan

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