This was the final battle in the Crusades. Emperor Richard led his men into the final of three Muslim strongholds; the others were North Africa and Arabia. During the opening stages, the ailing Saladin advised his leaders to surrender. The Muslims, thinking they could defeat the army, refused. Saladin was captured by Richard and was sent into London to be executed. The Pope in Rome, happy that the Saracens had been throughly chastened and killed, called for the Crusades to end. He declared that the