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==== Levant ====
* Summer &ndash; King [[Amalric of Jerusalem|Amalric I]] of [[Kingdom of Jerusalem|Jerusalem]] and Byzantine emperor [[Manuel I Komnenos]] negotiate an alliance against Fatimid-[[Egypt in the Middle Ages|Egypt]]. Archbishop [[William of Tyre]] is among the ambassadors sent to [[Constantinople]] to finalize the treaty. 
* Autumn &ndash; [[William IV, Count of Nevers]], arrives in [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] with a contingent of elite knights. In Jerusalem he is present during a council with Amalric and other nobles to decide on an expedition to Egypt.
* [[October 20]] &ndash; Amalric I invades Egypt again from [[Ascalon]], sacking [[Bilbeis]] and threatening Cairo. In November, a Crusader fleet sails up the [[Nile]] and arrives in [[Lake Manzala]], sacking the town of [[Tanis]].<ref name=Runciman1168>[[Steven Runciman|Runciman, Steven]] (1952). ''A History of The Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem'', pp. 309–311. {{ISBN|978-0-241-29876-3}}.</ref>
* [[Nur ad-Din (died 1174)|Nur al-Din]], Zangid ruler (''[[atabeg]]'') of [[Aleppo]], sends an expedition under General [[Shirkuh]] to Egypt on request of the Fatimid caliph [[Al-Adid]]. He offers him a third of the land, and fiefs for his generals.<ref name=Runciman1168/>