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Third Crusade: Crusaders under Richard I of England defeated Ayyubid troops under Saladin at the Battle of Arsuf in present-day Israel.
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1189–1192 attempted re-conquest of the Holy Land
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Religious wars of the High Middle Ages
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King of England from 1189 to 1199
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Ayyubid dynasty
Sultanate in Egypt and Levant from 1174 to 1341
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Saladin
Founder of the Ayyubid dynasty (c. 1137–1193)
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Battle of Arsuf
1191 battle of the Third Crusade
The Battle of Arsuf took place on 7 September 1191, as part of the Third Crusade. It saw a multi-national force of Crusaders, led by Richard I of England, defeat a significantly larger army of the Ayyubid Sultanate, led by Saladin.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)