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In clermont France, Pope Urban II called for a crusade to help the Byzantines and to free the city of Jerusalem.
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The Peoples Crusade were annihilated by the Turks in Anatolia.
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Battle of Dorylaeum
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The cristian Armies defended their conquest in August in 1099 by defeating an Egyptian relief army. Pope Urban II died on July 29, 1099 without hearing the news.
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The success of the Christians in the First Crusade had been largely due to the disunion among their enemies.
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The second crusade is launched to recapture territory recently lost to Muslim forces, bit in the end only a few Greek islands were actually taken.
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King Louis VII announces that France will join in the second crusade.
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Hostilities between the French and German leaders of the Second Crusade became such a problem that the German Emperor, Conrad III, abandoned the crusade and returned to Constantinople. The second crusade ended in failure.
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The third crusade is led by Frederick I Barbarosa, Richard I Lion heart of England, And Phillip II Augustus of France. It would end with a peace treaty giving Christians acces to Jerusalem and the Holy places.
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Saladin leads his Muslim army out of Jerusalem.
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Baghras Castle is captured by Saladin.
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Muslims won, but many great ideas and goods were exchanged.
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Pope innocent decares start of the fourth crusade
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French soldiers gather at the court of Theobald II of Champagne for a tournament. Fulk of Neuilly will promote the fourth crusade.
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Boniface of Montferrat, leader of the fourth crusade and founder the kindgdom of Thessalonica, is ambushed and killed by Kaloyan.
