What the records say
- When
- 1213 – 1221
- Kind
- War
- Coordinates
- 34.00° N, 36.00° E
- Description
- an attempt to recontrol Jerusalem and the holy land from Egyptian control
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Fifth Crusade
1217–1221 attempted conquest of the Holy Land
The Fifth Crusade was a campaign in a series of Crusades by Western Europeans to reacquire Jerusalem and the rest of the Holy Land by first conquering the powerful Egyptian Ayyubid Sultanate, led by Sultan al-Adil, brother of Saladin.
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