Crusader states
E98522
The Crusader states were a group of feudal Christian polities established by Western European crusaders in the Eastern Mediterranean during and after the First Crusade, serving as military and political outposts in the Levant.
Aliases (3)
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian state
→
feudal state → group of medieval polities → historical region → |
| alliedWith |
Italian maritime republics
NERFINISHED
→
Kingdom of England NERFINISHED → Kingdom of France NERFINISHED → |
| capital |
Antioch
NERFINISHED
→
Jerusalem NERFINISHED → Nicosia NERFINISHED → Tripoli NERFINISHED → |
| economy |
Mediterranean trade
→
agriculture → |
| endPeriod | 1291 → |
| foundedBy |
Frankish nobles
→
Latin Christians → Western European crusaders → |
| hasPart |
County of Edessa
NERFINISHED
→
County of Jaffa and Ascalon NERFINISHED → County of Sidon NERFINISHED → County of Tripoli NERFINISHED → Kingdom of Cyprus NERFINISHED → Kingdom of Jerusalem NERFINISHED → Lordship of Oultrejordain NERFINISHED → Principality of Antioch NERFINISHED → Principality of Galilee NERFINISHED → |
| inception |
1098
→
1099 → |
| locatedIn |
Eastern Mediterranean
NERFINISHED
→
Levant NERFINISHED → Near East NERFINISHED → |
| militaryFunction |
bastion of Latin Christendom in the Levant
→
frontier outpost → |
| opposedBy |
Ayyubid dynasty
NERFINISHED
→
Fatimid Caliphate NERFINISHED → Mamluk Sultanate NERFINISHED → Seljuk Empire NERFINISHED → Zengid dynasty NERFINISHED → |
| partOf | Latin East NERFINISHED → |
| politicalFunction | bridge between Western Europe and the Near East → |
| politicalSystem | feudalism → |
| religion |
Latin Christianity
NERFINISHED
→
Roman Catholicism → |
| significantEvent |
Battle of Hattin (1187)
NERFINISHED
→
Fall of Acre (1291) NERFINISHED → Siege of Jerusalem (1099) NERFINISHED → |
| startPeriod | First Crusade NERFINISHED → |
| usedLanguage |
Arabic
→
Greek → Latin → Old French → |
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Latin crusader states"
this entity surface form: "Crusader period"
this entity surface form: "Crusader states in Greece"