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Suppose that the Crusaders decided to stay on the Western side of Damascus, facing stronger defences but having continued use of the orchard for food and water. Could the Crusaders have defeated Nur ad-Din when he arrived scarcely four days after the siege began? What if Nur ad-Din was killed at the battle, and Damascus fell to the Crusaders?

This itself opens a vast amount of other questions. What would the Zengid Dynasty do now that their primary rival had been conquered by Christian invaders? How would the victory affect the Crusaders other exploits in Egypt?

I'm not an expert on the Crusades (our course doesn't cover them until the second semester :() so I am relying on you to help paint a picture of what might have been.

What can you come up with?
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