History A-Level
Crusader States
What Crusader States means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Crusader States
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The states whose survival for another century was secured by the Third Crusade, despite its failure to recapture Jerusalem.
Topics that use Crusader States
- 1A The Age of the Crusades, c1071–1204 – The Third and Fourth Crusades, 1187–1204 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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