Saladin's Siege of Acre 1189-91: The Epic That Broke a Sultan

In 1189, Guy of Lusignan marched a ragged army to the walls of Acre and started a siege that would become the longest and bloodiest battle of the entire Crusader era. Over two years, Saladin and his Ayyubid forces faced off against a coalition of European kings, including Richard the Lionheart and Philip Augustus, in a grinding war of attrition. This episode dives into the forgotten details: the desperate relief efforts, the use of siege towers and Greek fire, the role of the Templars and Hospitallers, the brutal massacres after the city fell, and how the siege drained Saladin's treasury and manpower, ultimately costing him the initiative in the Third Crusade. Drawing on the chronicles of Ibn al-Athir, Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad, and the Old French Continuation of William of Tyre, Lucas and Luna explore the siege that broke the sultan's momentum and reshaped the Levant. #SiegeOfAcre #ThirdCrusade #Saladin #RichardTheLionheart #PhilipAugustus #GuyOfLusignan #ConradOfMontferrat #IbnAlAthir #BahaAdDinIbnShaddad #Ayyubid #Crusader #Templar #Hospitaller #GreekFire #MedievalWarfare #History #FexingoHistory #MiddleEast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo