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Acre (Hebrew: עַכּוֹ‎‎, Akko; Arabic: عكّا‎, ʻAkkā),[1] is a city in the Weste

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  • Uploaded by: Photo of mikdbow mikdbow
    In album: Akko, Israel
    In Webshots channel: travel
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  • Date uploaded: Sun Dec 19 15:41:10 PST 2010

Acco (then known as Acre) was conquered by the Crusaders in 1104 A.D. They held Acco even after having lost control of Jerusalem in 1187. It then became the greatest port of their empire. The Mamluks ended Crusader rule in Acco in 1291. Napoleon understood the strategic value of this site. He claimed that if this port city had fallen to him, “the world would have been mine.” His 1799 siege failed.

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