Crusades · Episode 15
Cyprus, 1191: The Island Richard Took and Sold
Sourced historyA usurper nobody defended, an island taken in fifteen days, and a conquest that outlasted every crusader state on the mainland.
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Read the sourced articleCover image: Map of Asia Minor and the crusader states, c. 1140, by William Robert Shepherd (source), Public domain.
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