> Not stabbing the beast in the heart
> Not taking the centers of the Muslim world, Damascus, Baghdad, Alexandria, Cairo.
> Spooked into running after "the Holy Land"
We might have the the advantage of hindsight, but surely there were at least some people that knew Egypt was a power base for many Muslim dynasties?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusader_invasions_of_Egypt
Egypt was one of the first territories conquered by the Arabs.
How would've a successful invasion of Egypt changed history? Or the capture of Baghdad.
When you think about it, Jerusalem was a horrible red herring.
>>1280385
Thats why Saint Louis marched to Egypt, cause he was told that taking Jersusalem was like "trying to hold a lion from the tail".
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh_Crusade
They only went on Crusade to save their soul because of all the killing they were doing in Europe.
>>1280385
Was already attempted as mentioned by the other anon
>How would've a successful invasion of Egypt changed history?
Same way the sack of baghdad did.
>>1280385
>Egypt was a power base for many Muslim dynasties?
You mean just the Ayyubids? Most power was concentrated on Mesopotamia and Iran.
>>1280385
>Jerusalem was a horrible red herring
The only point of the Crusades was to open Jerusalem back up to Christian pilgrimage you fuckwad
>>1280400
holy fuck that was an embarrasing failure
Richard the I wanted to invade Egypt but his allies said no.
Doubt it would have achieved much, the Land was very Muslim and wouldn't have easily allowed it.
>>1280695
The guys who defeated them were also the ones who would shortly after deliver the first and only defeat the Mongols ever suffered during their heigh of power.
>>1280385
>We might have the the advantage of hindsight, but surely there were at least some people that knew Egypt was a power base for many Muslim dynasties?
It's almost like the "muslim aggression" thesis has zero support from contemporary source and behavior!
>>1280450
It was to help the ERE actually
>>1280723
Mamluks ? The guys we buttfucked under Nappy ?
>>1280428
Weren't he Fatimids were a threat for Europe before the crusade, attacking Italy, Crete, etc.?
>>1280730
It wasn't, that's why the ERE was mad. They didn't get what they asked for.
>>1280762
No. Sicily was conquered by the Aghlabids, who were then defeated by the Fatimids and replaced with the Kalbids who also did their own thing. Crete, too, was taken by independents. The only thing the Fatimids cared about was marching east.
>>1280766
It was supposed to though. They just ended up not helping at all.
