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Extract from the Damietta (Dumyat) Travel Guides: Sited near the mouth of the eastern branch of the Nile, the port city of
DAMIETTA
became prosperous in medieval times, through its trade in coffee, linen, dates and oil. However, it was always wide open to seaborne invasions and was seized by the Crusaders in 1167-68 and 1218-21, on the latter occasion accompanied by St Francis of Assisi - who ignorantly imagined that the Sultan al-Kamil knew nothing of Christianity, although he numbered Copts amongst his advisors. The main function of the Crusaders in Egypt, however, was pillage, and Damietta suffered heavily during its occupations. When Louis "the Pious" returned with a furt...
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