In 1188 Saladin, now fifty, said that King Guy could go free
if he promised never to fight the Muslims again. But Guy broke
his promise in 1189 and attacked Acre, beginning a long
and terrible siege. By then there were many more European
knights in Palestine. After the fall of Jerusalem, the Franks told
European kings that they needed help to win back the Holy
Land. Many answered the call for a new crusade.