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1095
The start of the Crusades
Peter the Hermit persuaded the people to free the Holy land and crusad. -
1104
Battle of Harran
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 -
1125
Battle of Azaz
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 -
1145
second crusade
The second crusade summoned by the Pope to defeat the Muslims who were still threatening to retake the Holy Lands -
1150
Battle of Aintab
Was led by the King of Jerusalem, King Baldwin III, to repel the attacks by Nur ad-din Zangi of Aleppo. -
1157
Ambush at Jacob's Ford
Was a victory of the Muslim sultan Saladin over the Christian King of Jerusalem, Baldwin IV -
1157
Battle of Lake Huleh
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 -
1167
Battle of Al-Babein
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. -
1189
Third crusade
Was an attempt by European leaders to reconquer the Holy Land from Saladin -
1202
Fourth Crusade
Pope Innocent lll revived plans of Pope Urban ll and sought to reunite Christendom against islam -
1205
Battle of adramyttium
Was fought between the Latin Crusaders and the Byzantine Greek Empire of Nicaea -
1213
fifth crusade
An attempt by Western Europeans to reacquire Jerusalem and the rest of the Holy Land by first conquering the powerful Ayyubid state in Egypt. -
1213
Battle of Muret
The Crusader army of Simon IV de Montfort defeated the Catharist, Aragonese and Catalan forces of Peter II of Aragon, -
1228
sixth crusade
The first crusade to set sail without the official blessing of the Pope -
1248
Seventh crusade
The last of the major crusades led by King Louis IX of France
