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Crusaders Capture Antioch 1098

The Crusaders captured the city of Antioch in 1098 through a combination of siege, betrayal, and military victory. The city's walls were breached not by force, but by a secret entrance being opened from the inside, allowing the Crusaders to enter and eventually secure the city.

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How did the Crusaders breach the defenses of Antioch?

did not smash ’s great walls so much as exploit human cracks: a protracted weakened the city and its defenders, an internal betrayal opened a postern gate that allowed ’s men to seize parts of the tow...