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Damietta

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Dam·i·et·ta  (dm-t) also Dum·yat (dm-yät)
A city of northeast Egypt on the Nile River delta north-northeast of Cairo. It was conquered by Crusaders in 1219. Population: 203,000.
Damietta [ˌdæmɪˈɛtə]
n
(Placename) a town in NE Egypt, in the Nile delta: important medieval commercial centre. Pop.: 113 000 (1991) Arabic name Dumyat


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Francis of Assisi to the court of the Egyptian Sultan al-Malik al-Kamil in Damietta, we see a moment in which the two story lines of conflict and dialogue intersect.
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Francis of Assisi went to Damietta, Egypt in 1219 with the intention of converting Sultan Malek al-Kamel, in the hope that the rest of the Fifth Crusade might be averted.
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