The Darb al-Hawarnah road, built by the Romans, served as the main east-west passage between the Jordan fords, the Sea of Galilee and the Mediterranean coast. The battlefield, near the town of Hittin, had as its chief geographic feature a double hill (the ' Horns of Hattin') beside a pass through the northern mountains between Tiberias and the road from Acre to the east. The battle took place near Tiberias in present-day Israel. Horns of Hattin, 2005, as viewed from the east

These Christian defeats prompted the Third Crusade, which began two years after the Battle of Hattin. As a direct result of the battle, Muslims once again became the eminent military power in the Holy Land, re-conquering Jerusalem and many of the other Crusader-held cities. The Muslim armies under Saladin captured or killed the vast majority of the Crusader forces, removing their capability to wage war. It is also known as the Battle of the Horns of Hattin, due to the shape of the nearby extinct volcano of Kurûn Hattîn. The Battle of Hattin took place on 4 July 1187, between the Crusader states of the Levant and the forces of the Ayyubid sultan Saladin.

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