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Pigeons in the Third Crusade: The Siege of Acre (1189 – 1191 A.D.)
On May 11, 1189 A.D., Frederick I, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, sailed from Regensburg with an army of over ten thousand. Traveling to the Levant, they would soon be joined by Philip II of France and Richard I of England and their respective armies. For the third time within a century, Europe had…
