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Nov 1, 1095
First Crusade launched
Pope Urban II preached a sermon at Clermont-Ferrand in France to launch the First Crusade. The aim was to aid the Christians of the East and return to Christian control the Holy Sepulcher, the church in Jerusalem said to contain the tomb of Christ. Absolution from sin and eternal glory were promised to the Crusaders, who also hoped to gain land and wealth in the East. Nobles and peasants responded in great number to the call and marched across Europe. -
Jan 1, 1147
Second Crusade
http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/the-second-crusade.htm
The success of the Christians in the First Crusade had been largely due to the disunion among their enemies. But the Moslems learned in time the value of united action, and in 1144 A.D. succeeded in capturing Edessa, one of the principal Christian outposts in the East. The fall of the city of Edessa, followed by the loss of the entire county of Edessa, aroused western Europe -
Nov 2, 1187
Saladin retakes the city of Jerusalem
the Muslim general captured the holy city. Muslims immediately clambered up and removed the cross that the Crusaders had mounted on the cupola of the Dome of the Rock. According to an eyewitness, the combined roar of the Muslims shouting "Allah is greatest!" and the groans of the defeated Crusaders, watching the fall of their sacred symbol, was so loud it shook the ground. -
Aug 20, 1191
Massacre ar Acre
In the afternoon of Tuesday, 27 Rajab, [August 20] about four o'clock, he came out on horseback with all the Frankish army, knights, footmen, Turcoples, and advanced to the pits at the foot of the hill of Al 'Ayadiyeh, to which place be had already sent on his tents. The Franks, on reaching the middle of the plain that stretches between this hill and that of Keisan, close to which place the sultan's advanced guard had drawn back, ordered all the Musulman prisoners, whose martyrdom God had decree -
Mar 4, 1193
3RD Crusade
The Crusades began with the Christians and the Muslims fighting over the Holy Land. In the medieval times religion played a big part in every day life, affecting everything from your social class to what you do on a Friday night. With religion playing such a large role in peoples lives, the holy places such as Jerusalem,were a place of special signifigance any strong religious people. it what succsesful becase they brought back trade. -
May 23, 1453
turks captured constantinople
The Turks capture Constantinople on May 23. The city, which was the Byzantine capital, was protected by an enormous chain. Mohammed II, the Ottoman leader, dragged 70 ships overland to support the 250,000 troops that were besieging the city. The Ottomans had a 1,200 pound canon that soon breached the walls of the city and ended the Byzantine Empire. -
Arab League declares jihad on israel
on May 15, 1948 with the termination of the Mandate, the declaration of the State of Israel, and the British departure, the states of the Arab League (armies from Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt, and a token force from Saudi Arabia) invaded the new country with the declared intent of destroying it. -
Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers reconstructs the events that occurred in the capital city of French Algeria between November 1954 and December 1960, during the Algerian War of Independence. The narrative begins with the organization of revolutionary cells in the Casbah. Then civil war between native Algerians and European settlers (pied-noirs) in which the sides exchange acts of increasing violence, leading to the introduction of French army paratroopers to hunt the National Liberation Front (FLN). -
Suez canal incident
Britain had ruled Egypt for all of the Twentieth Century. This gave Britain joint control over the Suez Canal – along with the French – which had been described as the “jugular vein of the Empire”. However, the British presence in Egypt was not welcome by many Egyptians as they were made to feel second class citizens. nasser nationallize the canal in egypt so thatcause propblems between him and the Nato -
1st Gulf War
Operation Desert Storm the first gulf war, Iraq invades Kuwait and seizes Kuwaiti oil fields. Kuwaits emir flees. Iraq masses troops the Saudi bordr. January 17, Operation Desert storm began at 3:30 am . Baghdad time.febuary 26, Hussein announces Iraqs withdrawal from Kuwait. President Bush declared Kuwait liberated. -
9/11
September 11,2001 6:45 two worhers from an intant messaging company recieved a warning of an a attack on the wtc. 8:45 A.A flight 11 was hijacked, 8:46 am A.A flight 11 impacts northside of WTC, 9:00 U.A flight crashed, 9:01 A.A flight 77 hits Tthe Petagon, 9:02am united airlines flight 175 hits the WTC, and 9:40 flight 93 united airlines crases. Total fatalities 3056. -
operation iraqi freedom
President Bush announced the seconed war, Gulf war on March 19, 2003. He demanded Sadam and his two sons to exile themselves from Iraq. {leave Iraq} war ended May 1, 2003, Bush annoused the end of a major combact operations In Iraq. Saddam dissapeared and his sons were killed. Evenually Saddam was capture exiled and killed.