 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yeCrusades, Asqalan inozivikanwa neCrusaders se Ascalon raive guta rakakosha nekuda kwenzvimbo yaro padyo nemhenderekedzo uye pakati peCrusader States neEjipitori. Muna 1099, nguva pfupi pashure pokukombwa kweJerusarema, uto raFatimid rakanga ratumirwa kunyaradza Jerusarema rakakundwa neuto revaCrusader muHondo yeAscalon. Guta racho pacharo harina kutorwa neCrusaders nemhaka yemakakatanwa omukati mevatungamiriri vavo. Hondo iyi inoonekwa nevakawanda kuti yakaratidza kuguma kweRwendo Rwokutanga RwechiKristu. Somugumisiro wokusimbiswa kwemauto kubva kuEgypt uye kuwanda kwevapoteri kubva kunzvimbo dzakakundwa neCrusaders, Asqalan yakava nzvimbo huru yemuganhu weFatimid. VaFatimids vakariishandisa kutanga hondo muUmambo hweJerusarema. Kutengeserana pakupedzisira kwakatangazve pakati peAsqalan neJerusalem yaidzorwa neCrusader, kunyangwe vagari veAsqalan vaigara vachinetseka nekushomeka kwechikafu uye zvekushandisa, zvichida kupihwa kwezvinhu nemauto ekuyamura kuguta kubva kuEjipitori kanoverengeka pagore. Maererano naWilliam weTire, vagari vose vomuguta racho vakanga vabatanidzwa muzvinyorwa zveuto raFatimid. Kutorwa kweguta rechiteshi chengarava reTire neCrusaders muna 1134 uye kuvaka kwavo mhete yemasvingo akapoteredza guta kuti vabvise kutyisidzira kwayo Jerusarema kwakaderedza Asqalan zvine hungwaru. Muna 1150 vaFatimids vakasimbisa guta nemasvingo makumi mashanu nematatu, sezvo raive nhare yavo yakakosha yemuganho. Makore matatu gare gare, pashure pokukombwa kwemwedzi minomweMuna 43 BC, guta racho rakatorwa neuto revaCrusader raitungamirirwa naMambo Baldwin III weJerusarema. VaFatimids vakachengetedza musoro waHusayn kubva kumakuva awo muguta ndokuutakura kuenda kuguta ravo guru Cairo. Ascalon yakabva yawedzerwa kuDunhu reJaffa kuti iumbe Dunhu reJaffa neAscalon, iro rakazova rimwe remasimba mana makuru eUmambo hweJerusarema. 