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 M2TW_Jerusalem.zip
The Seige of Jerusalem 1099 AD Crusader Army vs. Saracens
During the summer of 1099 AD the Crusader army of the 1st Crusade reached the city of Jerusalem and began a siege on the city. Throughout the siege, attacks were made on the walls, but each one was repulsed. The Crusaders had previously dismantled the ships used to transport the Crusader army and using that wood, made some siege towers. These were rolled up to the walls on the night of July 14 much to the surprise and concern of the garrison. On the morning of July 15, the siege towers reached the walls of the city and were used to allow the Crusaders to attack the city garrison.
Once the Crusaders had breached the outer walls and entered the city almost every inhabitant of Jerusalem was killed over the course of that afternoon, evening and next morning. Muslims, Jews, and even a few of the Christians were all massacred with indiscriminate violence. Many Muslims sought shelter in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, where, according to one famous account in Gesta, "...the slaughter was so great that our men waded in blood up to their ankles..." According to Raymond of Aguilers "men rode in blood up to their knees and bridle reins." Tancred claimed the Temple quarter for himself and offered protection to some of the Muslims there, but he could not prevent their deaths at the hands of his fellow crusaders. The Fatimid governor Iftikar ad-Daula withdrew to the Tower of David, which he soon surrendered to Raymond in return for safe passage for himself and bodyguards to Ascalon.
Win Conditions:
Crusaders - capture the city (occupy the main court yard)
Saracens - destroy or rout the Crusader army. |
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