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The first Crusade started when Pope Urban II want to send troops to slaghter all the muslims throughout the holy land. He said if you go and this journey, all your sins will be forgivened. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/history/highmiddle/bernard.htm
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Throughout the slaghtering path, their goal was to get to jerusalem. Once there the soldiers began eliminating the Muslim and Jewish population. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/history/highmiddle/bernard.htm
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In 1144 a Mamluk general by the name of Imad-ed-din Zangi lead troops to attack a christain city near jerusalem called Edessa. The people in Europe we furious and did not like the Turks. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/history/highmiddle/secondcrusade.htm
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Pope Urban II told Bernard of Clairvaux (in France) to preach the same think he did to his people about the second crusade. The King and Queen of France was on board as well as Comrad III of Germany. By the time thier were going through turkey, they lost half thier troops which lead them not able to get Edessa. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/history/highmiddle/secondcrusade.htm
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The news then led to Pope Gregory VIII, which them he released a crusading bull. He did not want the church to lead the Crusade like Pope Urban III. He insteed had Archbishop Joscius of Tyre go appeal to the kings of France. http://www.the-orb.net/textbooks/crusade/thirdcru.html
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King William decided not to take jerusalam back, he wanted to start a war. It was a war against England and France. http://www.the-orb.net/textbooks/crusade/thirdcru.html
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Pope Innocent started asking people of the church to participate in a Fourth Crusade to take Jerusalem from the Ayyubids. Instead of attacking form the north, he wanted them to sail to egypt and then attack from the south. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/history/latemiddle/fourthcrusade.htm
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The Crusaders didnt have enough ships to sail to egypt so they went to Venice, Italy to get some ships, but didnt have enough money. The Venetians then made a deal with them, The Venetians wanted the Crusaders to help them fight, to get the city of Zara( Hungary). They both sucessfully conquered Zara but never reached Jerusalem. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/history/latemiddle/fourthcrusade.htm
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Pope Honorius III succesfullly got more europeans to try to conquer Jerusalem from the Ayyubids. The Pope wanted to be in charge instead of the kings. They had the same plan to attack Jerusalem as the Fourth Crusade. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/history/latemiddle/fifthcrusade.htm#!
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The Crusaders made alllies with the Seljuk sultan and attacked Damietta, Egypt. Both sides incountered disease which killed a lot. The Crusaders did manage to capture Damietta but they all faught over who would be in charge there. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/history/latemiddle/fifthcrusade.htm#!
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After the fail of the Fifth Crusade, Friedrich II, the Holy Roman Emperor would try a crusade. Not everyone supported him so he didnt have a lot of people on his side. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/history/latemiddle/sixthcrusade.htm
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Friedrich recieved an offer from Al Kamil, the Ayyubid sultan of Egypt. The deal was If Friedrich help put Al Kamil`s brother in power of Syria, he would hand over Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem. Friedrich agreed and later crowned himself King of Jerusalem. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/history/latemiddle/sixthcrusade.htm
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The seventh Crusade was started by King Louis IX of France as hewas taking over country by country. The Ayyubids couldn`t stop him but he was later defeated in Cairo by the Mamluks. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/history/latemiddle/seventhcrusade.htm
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After King Louis IX of France was defeated, he decided to try again. At this time he was 56 years old, and he had came with a final plan. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/history/latemiddle/eighthcrusade.htm
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King Louis started to go toward Tunis to get a base in North Africa. Sorry to say, dysentery struck his camp and King Louis IX died. That was the end of the final Crusade. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/history/latemiddle/eighthcrusade.htm
