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The 50 pages that link to Crusader states, each with the reason it gives.

• Mamluk SultanateRelated: Mamluk campaigns dismantled the remaining mainland crusader strongholds.

• CrusadesBroader topic: These states became the chief targets of later campaigns to defend Christian rule.

• First CrusadeBroader topic: The expedition’s conquests became territorial governments rather than ending with Jerusalem’s capture.

• Kingdom of JerusalemNarrower topic: Jerusalem was the largest and most enduring of these states.

• SaladinRelated: These states were Saladin’s principal regional rivals and the targets of his campaigns.

• Battle of HattinNarrower topic: Hattin reshaped the balance of power across these Levantine states.

• Byzantine armyCompared with: Their armies sometimes cooperated with Byzantine forces and often competed with them.

• Third CrusadeNarrower topic: The truce left these states dependent on coastal strongholds and continued negotiation.

• Pope Urban IIBroader topic: The expedition launched by Urban ultimately created these enduring political formations.

• Siege of Jerusalem (1099)Narrower topic: Jerusalem became the most prominent of the territories created by the First Crusade.

• Battle of NicopolisCompared with: Unlike those territorial states, the Nicopolis coalition was a field army without a lasting regional foothold.

• Louis IX of FranceNarrower topic: Louis’s prolonged stay in the Levant after his release aimed to defend these vulnerable territories.

• Second CrusadeNarrower topic: Their defense was the expedition's stated strategic purpose.

• Knights TemplarNarrower topic: The Templars’ garrisons and campaigns served these states’ defense.

• MamlukCompared with: Mamluk campaigns against these states ended their remaining strongholds in the region.

• Principality of AntiochNarrower topic: Antioch was one of the earliest and longest-lasting states in this wider political system.

• Siege of AntiochNarrower topic: Antioch became one of the principal states formed through the expedition’s conquests.

• Treaty of DevolNarrower topic: Antioch belonged to a wider set of Latin-ruled territories not reliably governed by Byzantium.

• Siege of Jerusalem (1187)Narrower topic: Their fragmentation and military weakness shaped the crisis that preceded the siege.

• Fulcher of ChartresNarrower topic: Fulcher’s account spans the transition from expedition to Latin settlement.

• Palestine (region)Related: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and related states governed parts of Palestine for periods in the Middle Ages.

• Battle of ArsufNarrower topic: The victory helped preserve their coastal holdings, but did not restore their lost inland territory.

• County of EdessaNarrower topic: Edessa was the earliest and most exposed of these states, showing their dependence on local power.

• Godfrey of BouillonNarrower topic: Godfrey’s rule helped establish the first of these states in Jerusalem.

• Baldwin I of JerusalemNarrower topic: Jerusalem was the largest and most prominent state in the political system Baldwin helped establish.

• Guy of LusignanNarrower topic: Guy rose within their contested politics and military alliances.

• Siege of NicaeaNarrower topic: Nicaea’s capture opened the campaign that eventually established crusader rule in the Levant.

• BaibarsRelated: Baibars’s repeated campaigns reduced their territory and weakened their position in the region.

• Raymond IV of ToulouseNarrower topic: Raymond’s territorial project became part of this broader pattern of Latin rule.

• Siege of Acre (1291)Narrower topic: Acre’s capture extinguished the last substantial mainland center of these states.

• People's CrusadeBroader topic: Their later formation contrasts with the expedition's failure to establish a lasting foothold.

• Seventh CrusadeNarrower topic: Their vulnerability and loss of Jerusalem helped motivate the expedition.

• Siege of Acre (1189–1191)Narrower topic: The city’s recovery prolonged their coastal presence but did not restore their former territory.

• Battle of HarranNarrower topic: Edessa and Antioch were neighboring Crusader states whose forces joined the expedition.

• Caesarea MaritimaRelated: Crusader forces captured Caesarea and rebuilt parts of its fortifications.

• Sixth CrusadeNarrower topic: The Sixth Crusade temporarily strengthened the territorial position of these states.

• Battle of MontgisardNarrower topic: Montgisard was fought to defend one of these vulnerable states.

• Fifth CrusadeRelated: The failed campaign left these states without the Egyptian strategic support its planners sought.

• Crusade of 1101Narrower topic: The expedition's failure left these states without the reinforcement it sought to deliver.

• Alexandrian CrusadeNarrower topic: The expedition reflected the continuing military ambitions of surviving Latin powers after the loss of mainland states.

• Battle of AscalonNarrower topic: Ascalon’s outcome affected the security of these emerging states.

• Battle of the Field of BloodNarrower topic: Antioch was one of these states, whose survival the battle put at risk.

• Crusade of 1197Narrower topic: The expedition sought to reinforce these vulnerable territories.

• Mongol invasions of SyriaRelated: Their leaders negotiated with Mongol forces and shaped the diplomatic setting of the campaigns.

• Barons' CrusadeNarrower topic: The expedition sought to defend and expand these vulnerable territories.

• Gerard SassoRelated: The changing political setting complicates reconstruction of the hospital’s earliest years.

• Krak des ChevaliersNarrower topic: Krak guarded territory within the Crusader states and their contested frontier.

• Lord Edward's CrusadeNarrower topic: The expedition aimed to defend the remnants of these states against Mamluk expansion.

• Order of AssassinsRelated: The Syrian Nizaris negotiated and fought with neighboring Crusader rulers.

• Rashid ad-Din SinanRelated: Sinan’s community negotiated and fought amid these neighboring states.