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Peter the Hermit persuaded the people to free the Holy land and crusad.
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It was the first major battle against the newfound Crusader states in the aftermath of the First Crusade marking a key turning point against Frankish expansion
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Forces of the Crusader States commanded by King Baldwin II of Jerusalem defeated Aq-Sunqur il-Bursuqi's army of Seljuk Turks and raised the siege of the town
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The second crusade summoned by the Pope to defeat the Muslims who were still threatening to retake the Holy Lands
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Was led by the King of Jerusalem, King Baldwin III, to repel the attacks by Nur ad-din Zangi of Aleppo.
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Was a victory of the Muslim sultan Saladin over the Christian King of Jerusalem, Baldwin IV
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A Crusader army led by King Baldwin III of Jerusalem was ambushed and badly defeated by Nur ad-Din Zangi , the ruler of Aleppo and Damascus
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Amalric wanted to chase Muslims and Shirkuh out of Egypt but in the Valley of the Nile the muslims turned on his army which broke into small fights and won most.
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Was an attempt by European leaders to reconquer the Holy Land from Saladin
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Pope Innocent lll revived plans of Pope Urban ll and sought to reunite Christendom against islam
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Was fought between the Latin Crusaders and the Byzantine Greek Empire of Nicaea
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An attempt by Western Europeans to reacquire Jerusalem and the rest of the Holy Land by first conquering the powerful Ayyubid state in Egypt.
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The Crusader army of Simon IV de Montfort defeated the Catharist, Aragonese and Catalan forces of Peter II of Aragon,
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The first crusade to set sail without the official blessing of the Pope
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The last of the major crusades led by King Louis IX of France
