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⚡ The Battle of the Horns of Hama or Hammah was fought on 1175 AD, near the Syrian city of Hama. The Ayyubid Dynasty faced the Zengid Atabegate of Aleppo, Mosul and Damascus.

The result of the battle left Saladin in control of Damascus, Baalbek, and Homs, after which he crowned himself Sultan of Egypt and Syria.

From the historical context to the detailed tactical maneuvers, this video is a cinematic documentary that narrates this decisive victory for Saladin, via the Medieval Kingdoms: 1212 AD mod for the Attila: Total War engine.

📌 TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro
00:45 - Rise of the Ayyubids
02:37 - Civil conflict
04:03 - Siege of Aleppo
06:01 - Opposing forces
07:22 - The Battle of Hama
10:30 - Saladin's gamble
12:35 - Aftermath

📜 SOURCES:
- Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad, The Rare and Excellent History of Saladin, ed. D. S. Richards, Ashgate, 2002.
- Humphreys, R. Stephen (1 January 1977). From Saladin to the Mongols: The Ayyubids of Damascus, 1193-1260. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0-87395-263-7.
- Lyons, Malcolm Cameron; Jackson, D. E. P. (1982). Saladin: The Politics of the Holy War. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521317398.

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