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Arsuf (also known as Arsur or Apollonia) was a Crusader city and fortress located in what is now Israel, about 15 kilometres north of Tel Aviv.
Arsuf was settled in the sixth or fifth century BCE, and was known as Arshuf (the name comes from Reshef, the Canaanite-Phoenician god of fertility and the underworld).
In 1187 Arsuf was captured by the Muslims, but fell again to the Crusaders on September 7, 1191 after a battle between Richard I of England and Saladin.
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 Arsuf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arsuf (also known as Arsur or Apollonia) was an ancient city and fortress located in what is now Israel, about 15 kilometres north of Tel Aviv, on the cliff above Mediterranian Sea.
Modern Arsuf is a small settlement to the north from Apollonia (area 0.25 km², 90 inhabitants).
In the 5th and 6th century CE it was the second largest city in Sharon valley, after Caesarea, populated by Christian and Samaritans, having an elaborate church and a prosperous glass industry.
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In Herzliya Pituah or Arsuf, a dunam (approximately 1,000 square meters...
In Herzliya Pituach or Arsuf, a dunam (approximately 1,000 square meters...
Arsuf was settled in the 6th or 5th century BC, and was known as Arshuf (the name comes from Reshef, the Canaanite-Phoenician god of fertility and the underworld).
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 Arsuf article - Arsuf Israel Aviv 1101 Crusader Baldwin of Jerusalem Lordship Arsur - What-Means.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
In 1101 Arsuf fell to a Crusader army led by Baldwin I of Jerusalem.
John of Ibelin, Lord of Beirut (1177-1236) became Lord of Arsur in 1207 when he married Melisende of Arsur (born c.1170).
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 Battle of Arsuf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Arsuf was a battle of the Third Crusade in which Richard I of England defeated Saladin at Arsuf.
After capturing Acre in 1191, Richard fought many minor battles with Saladin, whose main objective was to prevent Jerusalem from being recaptured.
Saladin came upon Richard's army just north of Jaffa at Arsuf on September 7.
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 ARSUF - Encyclopedia Britannica - ARSUF - JCSM's Study Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
The latter maintained for many days an absolutely passive defence, and could not be tempted to fight; Richard and his knights made occasional charges, but quickly withdrew, and on the 7th of September this irregular skirmishing, in which the crusaders had scarcely suffered at all, culminated in the battle of Arsuf.
Richard, on the other, hand, had prepared for action by closing up still more, and as the crusaders were now formed a simple left turn brought them into two lines of battle, infantry in first line, cavalry in second line.
Near Arsuf the road entered a defile between the sea and a wooded range of hills; and from the latter the whole Moslem army suddenly burst forth.
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 Read as much as you like. It 's for you! - ARSUF: A GREAT FORGOTTEN BATTLE SITE - Miscellaneous   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
In Arsuf also came to the surface the dispute between the two senior commanders of the Crusaders armies, Godfrey of Bouillon and Raymond of Toulouse.
The residents agreed to recognize the sovereignty of the Crusaders in exchange for the retreat of the Crusader army.
In Arsuf, the Hospitalers invested a lot of money in strengthening the walls and towers, posted there some 1000 of their men, and supplied them regularly with food and weapons.
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 The Battle of Arsuf - 1191 AD (DBA Battle Scenario)
Finally, as Richard's army neared Arsuf, approximately 10 miles from Jaffa, Saladin attacked in an attempt to drive the Crusaders into the sea.
As the infantry and his precious baggage train reached the gardens of Arsuf and deployed into camp, Richard dispatched the balance of his Norman and English knights in support.
Saladin's army scattered to the shelter of the wooded hills of Arsuf, suffering an estimated 7000 casualties, including 32 emirs.
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 Encyclopedia: Battle of Arsuf
Saladin, king of Egypt from a 15th century illuminated manuscript; the globus in his left hand is a European symbol of kingly power.
The Third Crusade began in 1189 as an attempt to reconquer the Holy Land from Saladin.
Jaffa, Israel is a historic port city on the Mediterranean Sea.
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 Military History Online
He set his army on the march to Arsuf, traveling along the Mediterranean coast, desiring to secure port cities from which he could launch an inland invasion on the city of Jerusalem itself.
By his victory at Arsuf and other accomplishments of the Third Crusade, Richard gave the Crusader States another hundred years of life, the last crusader city, Acre, falling to the Mameluk Dynasty in 1291.
With the fall of the Crusader States, as well as the collapse of the Mongol Empire and the rise of the Ottoman Empire, the Western European trade routes to East Asia were restricted, leading to a famous voyage in 1492.
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 Battle of Arsuf -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Knowing he would need to control the port of (A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950) Jaffa before making an attempt on Jerusalem, Richard began to march down the coast from Acre in August of 1191.
The (A knight of a religious military order established in 1118 to protect pilgrims and the Holy Sepulcher) Templars defended the vanguard while the (Click link for more info and facts about Hospitallers) Hospitallers defended the rear.
Although Richard successfully defended Jaffa when Saladin attacked him there in 1192, he could not recapture Jerusalem.
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 Apollonia-Arsuf
In the Early Arab period, when the Semitic name Arsuf was restored to the town, its area decreased to about 22 acres and, for the first time, it was surrounded by a fortified wall with buttresses.
Shortly after the Crusaders conquered Jerusalem in 1099, they made their first attempt to capture Arsuf.
After the defeat of the Crusaders at the Horns of Hattin in 1187, Arsuf came under Muslim control, but on 7 September 1191, in a battle fought outside the city between the Crusader army under Richard the Lion-Heart and the Muslim army under Salah ed-Din (Saladin) the Muslims were defeated.
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 Arsuf, Battle of --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Arsuf also spelled Arsouf, famous victory won by the English king Richard I the Lion-Heart during the Third Crusade.
Richard, having taken Acre in July 1191, was marching to Joppa (Jaffa), but the Muslim army under Saladin slowed down the crusaders' progress when they advanced from Caesarea, which they left on September 1.
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 Webshots - Images of Sukkot 5765 - 2004
Tsachi, Noa, Brenda at Apollonia - Tel Arsuf, Sukkot 5765, 3 October 2004
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Apollonia - Tel Arsuf, Sukkot 5765, 3 October 2004 b
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 The Crusades [encyclopedia]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
After defeating Saladin at Arsuf (Sep 1191), Richard almost reached Jerusalem but, forced to return to England to attend to problems caused by his brother John's regency before he could capture it, he concluded a three-year pact with Saladin, which retained for the Crusaders a narrow coastal strip and permitted pilgrim access to Jerusalem.
In 1258, the Mongols occupied Mesopotamia and captured Baghdad, but they in turn were defeated by the Mameluk Turks.
The new Mameluk Sultan of Egypt, Baybars (1223--77), conducted a ruthless and merciless campaign against the Latin states, first taking Arsuf, Caesarea, and Haifa (1265), then Antioch and Joppa (1268).
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 ARSUF - Online Information article about ARSUF
September this irregular skirmishing, in which the crusaders had scarcely suffered at all, culminated in the battle of Arsuf.
Saladin had by now decided that the only See also:
Near Arsuf the road entered a See also:
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 Welcome to the Arsuf Electric RC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Welcome to the Arsuf Electric RC Welcome to the Arsuf Electric RC Club
Eventually, many people started to join and the club became very active with many sorts of planes, gliders, helicopters and beautiful scale planes.
Everyone is welcome to join the Club, the more we will be, the more fun it will become.
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 Traveljournals.net - Arsuf, HaMerkaz, Israel - Location on world map, coordinates and short facts
Traveljournals.net - Arsuf, HaMerkaz, Israel - Location on world map, coordinates and short facts
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Maps and coordinates for Arsuf, HaMerkaz, Israel are approximative and not valid for navigation.
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