Toron
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Toron, now Tibnin or Tebnine in southern Lebanon, was a major Crusader castle, built in the Lebanon mountains on the road from Tyre to Damascus. The castle was the centre of the Lordship of Toron, a s
1857 sketch of Kalat Tibnin by van de Velde
Crusader castle in the village of Tebnine
View from the Toron castle
Battle of Hattin
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The Battle of Hattin took place on 4 July 1187, between the Crusader states of the Levant and the forces of the Ayyubid Sultanate of Egypt, led by Sultan Saladin. It is also known as the Battle of the
The Battle of Hattin, from a 13th-century manuscript of the Chronica Majora depicting the capture of the True Cross by Saladin.
Horns of Hattin, 2005, as viewed from the east
Battle of Hattin (Gustave Doré)