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| - thumb|250px|Friezen vallen de toren van Damietta aan. Damietta (Arabisch: مدينة دمياط, medīnat dimyāt) is een haven in Dumyat, Egypte aan the Middellandse Zee aan de Nijldelta, 200 kilometer ten noorden van Caïro. Andere spelwijzen van de naam zijn onder andere Damyat, Dumyat, Domiat, Domyat, Damiate, Dimyat, Dumyāţ, Dumyâṭ, Dumiat, Dimyāṭ, Dumqat en Damiette. In het Oude Egypte heette de stad Tamiat, maar ze werd minder belangrijk in de Hellenistische periode na de bouw van Alexandrië.
- In Ancient Egypt, the city was known as Tamiat, and in the Hellenistic period as Tamiathis. It was a major Ancient Egyptian port city 5 kilometres from the Mediterranean Sea. The city was mentioned by 6th century geographer Stephanus Byzantius; the city was later known as Damiata. In 431 BC, the town became a Christian bishopric. The city was conquered by the Arabs, led by Caliph Omar; the Arabs successfully resisted attempts by the Byzantine Empire to recapture it, notably in 739, 821, 921, and 968. The Abbasids used the city as an entry port to India and the Tang Empire of China. Damietta was a important naval base during the Abbasid, Tulunid, and Fatimid periods. In response, the Byzantine Empire attacked the city several times, finally sacking and destroying it in May 853. Damietta reg
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| - thumb|250px|Friezen vallen de toren van Damietta aan. Damietta (Arabisch: مدينة دمياط, medīnat dimyāt) is een haven in Dumyat, Egypte aan the Middellandse Zee aan de Nijldelta, 200 kilometer ten noorden van Caïro. Andere spelwijzen van de naam zijn onder andere Damyat, Dumyat, Domiat, Domyat, Damiate, Dimyat, Dumyāţ, Dumyâṭ, Dumiat, Dimyāṭ, Dumqat en Damiette. In het Oude Egypte heette de stad Tamiat, maar ze werd minder belangrijk in de Hellenistische periode na de bouw van Alexandrië. Damietta was belangrijk in de 12e en 13e eeuw tijdens de kruistochten. In 1169 viel een vloot van het Koninkrijk Jeruzalem, met steun van het Byzantijnse Rijk, de haven aan, maar ze werden verslagen door Saladin. Tijdens de voorbereidingen voor de Vijfde kruistocht in 1217 werd besloten dat Damietta het centrale punt voor de aanval moest zijn. Het controleren van Damietta betekende controle over de Nijl, en vandaar zou men Egypte kunnen veroveren, dacht men. Vanuit Egypte kon men dan Palestina aanvallen, en Jeruzalem heroveren. Bij het Beleg van Damietta werd de haven belegerd en in 1219 bezet, maar al in 1221 werden de kruisridders buiten Caïro verslagen en uit Egypte verdreven. De rol van Haarlemse ridders bij de bezetting van Damietta of Damiate wordt beschreven in het lemma Wapen van Haarlem.
- In Ancient Egypt, the city was known as Tamiat, and in the Hellenistic period as Tamiathis. It was a major Ancient Egyptian port city 5 kilometres from the Mediterranean Sea. The city was mentioned by 6th century geographer Stephanus Byzantius; the city was later known as Damiata. In 431 BC, the town became a Christian bishopric. The city was conquered by the Arabs, led by Caliph Omar; the Arabs successfully resisted attempts by the Byzantine Empire to recapture it, notably in 739, 821, 921, and 968. The Abbasids used the city as an entry port to India and the Tang Empire of China. Damietta was a important naval base during the Abbasid, Tulunid, and Fatimid periods. In response, the Byzantine Empire attacked the city several times, finally sacking and destroying it in May 853. Damietta regained its importance during the Crusades; In 1169, a fleet from the Kingdom of Jerusalem, with the support of the Byzantine Empire, attacked the port, but were defeated by Saladin; in 1217, during preparations for the Fifth Crusade, it was decided that Damietta should be the focus of attack; the town was captured during the Seventh Crusade by King Louis IX of France; the city was again destroyed in 1251 by the Mamluk Sultan Baibars; the Mamluks rebuilt the fort with stronger fortifications, making the mouth of the Nile impassable for ships.
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