Crac des Chevaliers, Syria

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"Krak des Chevaliers was the easternmost of five Crusader fortifications guarding the only major pass (known as the 'Homs Gap' in the Orontes river Valley) between Antakya in Turkey and Beirut in the Lebanon."
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"Close to this lake is the archaeological hill called Tel Ennabi Mand (Qadesh ), where a historic battle took place between the Hittites and the Egyptians in the 13th century BC. Historical Sites of Homs."
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"For thousands of years Syria controlled the silk route which led from China to Doura Europos (Salhiyeh), from Palmyra and Homs to the Syrian ports on Mediterranean, where Syrian seafarers had ridden the wave in their enormous fleets with their famous white sails."
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"The fortress controlled the road to the Mediterranean, and from this base, the Hospitallers could exert some influence over Lake Homs to the east, to control the fishing industry and watch for Muslim armies gathering in Syria."
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")is a village located in Western Syria close to the governorate of Tartus but administratively belonging to the governorate of Homs since 1953."
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