Crusaders at the Battle of Hattin

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:historical_events
gptkbp:aftermath Loss of most Crusader strongholds in the region
Saladin's campaign against the Crusader states
gptkbp:consequences Increased Muslim unity against Crusaders
gptkbp:date July 4, 1187
gptkbp:enemy gptkb:Ayyubid_Sultanate
gptkbp:faction gptkb:Crusader_states
gptkb:Knights_Hospitaller
gptkb:Knights_Templar
gptkbp:famous_for The capture of the True Cross
gptkbp:fighting_style Decisive battle
gptkbp:historical_context Part of the larger conflict of the Crusades
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:Balian_of_Ibelin
gptkb:Baldwin_V_of_Jerusalem
gptkb:William_of_Tyre
gptkb:Baldwin_II_of_Jerusalem
gptkb:Hugh_of_Payens
gptkb:Peter_the_Hermit
gptkb:Stephen_of_Blois
gptkb:Hugh_of_Saint-Omer
gptkb:Hugh_of_Saint-Pol
gptkb:Cecilia_of_France
gptkb:Raymond_IV_of_Toulouse
gptkb:Richard_the_Lionheart
gptkb:Robert_of_Flanders
gptkb:Baldwin_IV_of_Jerusalem
gptkb:Eleanor_of_Aquitaine
gptkb:Margaret_of_France
gptkb:Godfrey_of_Bouillon
gptkb:Philip_II_of_France
gptkb:Berengaria_of_Navarre
gptkb:Agnes_of_Courtenay
gptkb:William_of_Montferrat
gptkb:Frederick_Barbarossa
gptkb:Isabella_of_Jerusalem
gptkb:Conrad_of_Montferrat
gptkb:Richard_of_England
gptkb:Hugh_of_Vermandois
gptkb:Tancred_of_Hauteville
gptkb:Robert_of_Normandy
gptkb:Maria_of_Antioch
gptkbp:historical_impact Shifted power in the Levant
gptkbp:historical_interpretation Often viewed as a turning point in the Crusades
gptkbp:historical_source gptkb:Chronicles_of_the_Crusades
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Crusaders at the Battle of Hattin
gptkbp:key_figures gptkb:Saladin
gptkb:Guy_of_Lusignan
gptkb:Raymond_III_of_Tripoli
gptkbp:legacy Symbol of Crusader failure
gptkbp:location Hattin, Galilee
gptkbp:military_strategy Encirclement by Ayyubid forces
gptkbp:primary_source Letters of the Crusaders
Muslim accounts of the battle
gptkbp:result Defeat of the Crusader army
gptkbp:significance Led to the fall of Jerusalem
gptkbp:strategic_error Underestimating Ayyubid forces
gptkbp:strategic_importance Control of water sources
gptkbp:strength Approximately 20,000
Ayyubid forces approximately 30,000
gptkbp:tactics_used Surprise attack
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Saladin
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5