The last Christian stronghold in the Holy Land seized by Muslim forces in 1291 was Acre. It was taken in the Siege of Acre.
The last out post fell around 1076 A.D.
The final victor of the Crusades is generally considered to be the Muslim forces, particularly the Mamluks, who successfully repelled the last major Crusader stronghold in the Holy Land, Acre, in 1291. This marked the end of Crusader presence in the region. The Crusades, which spanned several centuries, ultimately failed to achieve their primary objective of permanently establishing Christian control over the Holy Land.
The military expeditions into the Middle East are known as "The Crusades." Beginning in 1095 AD with the First Crusade, there was an intermittent 200-year struggle for control of the Holy Land with six more major expeditions and numerous minor ones. The Christian-Muslim fight ended in 1291 when the Muslims captured the Christian fort Acre, Jordan, which was the last Christian stronghold in the Middle East.
The Crusades, a series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims, officially ended in 1291 when the Muslims captured the last Christian stronghold in the Holy Land. However, tensions and conflicts between Christians and Muslims have persisted in various forms throughout history.
The Crusades, and there were many of them in the Middle Ages, meant to keep the Holy Land, a Christian stronghold. It's great distance from Europe however, left it to Islamic peoples to dominate Jerusalem, as one example.
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It was a military campaign launched by Christian Europeans to win back the Holy Land occupied by the Muslims.
It was a military campaign launched by Christian Europeans to win back the Holy Land occupied by the Muslims.
It was called the Holy Land by the Israelites. The word "Holy" means to be set apart. God set apart the land of Israel for the Israelite nation.