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City. but in focusing all of his attentions on the holy city, he has overlooked a crucial threat. >> saladin didn't kill every christian in jerusalem. he allowed all the christians to go back to the port through which they came in, and the major port city at the time was akko. >> the city of acre, or modern-day akko on the northern coast of present-day israel, was an entry point for the maritime trade that flourished across the mediterranean. >> it was the actual economic and political capital of the crusader project in the middle east. it was very important for them because the port of acre i...

Major port city at the time was acre. >> the city of acre on the northern coast of present-day israel was an entry point for the maritime trade that flourished across the mediterranean. >> it was an actual economic and political capital of the crusader project in the middle east. it was very important for them because the port of acre is huge. the city is large. >> king guy has not gotten any men, but he knows that he has to give them a target, something to fight for. and he decides to attack the city of acre. >> if they could capture it, they could defend the coast, then, and mount a charge o...