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Third Crusade: References & Edit History

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Invalidated site: BBC Sounds - Third Crusade. Aug 20, 2026
Add new Web site: Historic UK - Third Crusade: Battle of Jaffa. Apr 17, 2026
Add new Web site: Texas Tech University - Department of History - The Third Crusade. Nov 15, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - The Middle East and the West: The Crusades. Aug 15, 2025
Add new Web site: UEN Digital Press with Pressbooks - The Third and Fourth Crusades. Apr 08, 2025
Add new Web site: PDXScholar - The Importance of Richard Lionheart in the Third Crusade (PDF). Jan 30, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - Third Crusade. Dec 04, 2024
Add new Web site: Heritage History - The Story of the Third Crusade. Sep 26, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - A Genoese Perspective of the Third Crusade (PDF). Aug 16, 2024
Add new Web site: International Journal of Naval History - The Rise of Latin Christian Naval Power in the Third Crusade. Jul 05, 2024
Add new Web site: Learn Religions - Third Crusade and Aftermath 1186 - 1197: Timeline of the Crusades. Sep 15, 2023
Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Third Crusade: Siege of Acre. Jul 17, 2023
Add new Web site: Social Sciences LibreTexts - The Third Crusade. May 25, 2023
Add new Web site: English Monarchs - A history of The Third Crusade. Mar 14, 2023
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Third Crusade. Jan 20, 2023
New article added. Jul 12, 2022
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