At what point did Reynald of Chatillon raid a Muslim caravan crossing Transjordan?
Summer 1187
October 2nd 1187
May 1185
Winter 1186-1187
The Battle of Cresson was a easy victory for who?
Raymond III, loss for the Muslims
Frederick Barborossa, loss for Saladin
Saladin, loss for Knights and Templars
Nur-Ad-Din, loss for Amalric
The Battle of Cresson was a severe blow to the crusaders morale because...
Saladin's forces withdrew carrying heads of slaughtered Christian soldiers
King Guy of Jerusalem was captured by Saladin's forces
The crusaders retreated before arrival
They felt guilty for the slaughter of Muslim forces
Did Raymond of Tripoli support King Guy?
No, never.
Yes, all along.
Only following the Christian loss at Cresson and the rise of Saladin's aggression
Only when Saladin recaptured Jerusalem in 1187
What was the reaction to Saladin's trap, of capturing Raymond's wife at Tiberias citadel?
Raymond rejected Guy's advice to wait for Saladin to retreat and pay a ransom, and marched his army from Saffuriya to Tiberias
Guy rejected Raymond's advice to wait for Saladin to retreat and pay a ransom, and marched his army from Saffuriya to Tiberias
The two crusader leaders Guy and Raymond united and agreed on the plan to march from Saffuriya to Tiberias
Raymond and Guy waited for Saladin's retreat and paid a ransom to release Raymond's wife from Tiberias
Why was the march to Tiberias a disaster for the Franks as Saladin had planned?
King Guy fell ill and left the crusaders without a leader
They got lost
They abandoned their only water supply
The weather conditions were too cold and they could not continue
Saladin's army fired many arrows the crusader forces at the battle of Hattin when
When thirsty and exhausted they pitched camp at Plateau, and were shot during the night
First thing in the morning of 4th of July when the first sign of light arose
When thirst and exhausted after a march at the end of 4th of July
Mid day on the 4th of July in the blistering heat, through clouds of hot and stifling smoke
When was it clear Saladin had won the Battle of Hattin?
When King Guy and his forces rallied round the relic of the True Cross
When Guy's red tent crumpled and Muslim Soldiers captured the True Cross
When Christian forces attempted twice to kill Saladin himself, but failed
When the crusader's first pitched camp at the Hornes of Hattin
What did Saladin do to Reynald of Chatillon and King Guy when he captured them at Hattin?
Guy was given water, Reynald was beheaded
Reynald was given water, Guy beheaded
Both wer're given water, a sign of mercy and one day release
Both we're beheaded, by Saladin's sword
How did Saladin's victory set them up for recapturing Jerusalem?
It was only a starting point, the Muslim's stuggled to get through the defended Crusader States
They immediatley re-captured Jerusalem, as if King Guy handed it to them
The Muslims swept through the Crusader states in just a few months, and walked openly into Jerusalem
The Muslims swept through the Crusader states in just a few months, and then re-captured Jerusalem after a 5 day seige
