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The crusades were a series of holy wars called upon by popes who promised riches.
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Pope Urban II calls all Christians in Europe to war against Muslims in order to reclaim the Holy Land, with a cry of “Deus vult!” or “God wills it!”
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Christians went to war with the Muslims for the Holy Land. The Christians won and got Jerusalem in 1099.
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The Holy Land was divided up into four states. Crusaders were divided and were told to represent northern and southern France, Flanders, Germany, and southern Italy.
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The second crusade was to fight the Turks who took over the County of Edessa.
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In 1187 the Muslims captured Jerusalem.
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There was a peace treaty signed in September of 1192 between the Muslims and the Christians.
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The crusaders were trying to capture Constantinople and fight all enemies of the Christian faith.
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During the fifth crusade Egypt was attacked from all sides by the Crusaders who lost to Muslim defenders by Saladin's nephew.
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In the sixth crusade there was a peace treaty giving control of Jerusalem to the Crusaders until 1239 when the Muslims took back Jerusalem.
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The Crusaders recaptured Jerusalem and controlled it until 1244.
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In 1291 the controlling forces of Egypt took control of the region ending the crusades in the Holy Land.
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