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On November 27, 1095, 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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Count Emicho carried out a series of massacres of Jews in various towns in the Rhineland in 1096, causing problems in Jewish-Christian relations.
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The official start date was set as August 15, 1096. ... After Antioch, the crusaders waited out the summer heat and disorder from Adhémar's death.
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-In May 1097, the Crusaders and their Byzantine allies attacked Nicea
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June 1099, the Christians forced the besieged city’s governor to surrender by mid-July.
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Pope Eugenne 3 created the bull Quantum praedecessores. It was reissued on 1 March 1146, and Eugene authorized Bernard to preach the news throughout France.[12]
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A parliament was convoked at Vezelay in Burgundy in 1146, and Bernard preached before the assembly on March 31.
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Led by two great rulers, King Louis VII of France and King Conrad III of Germany, the Second Crusade began in 1147.
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Attacked the Syrian of Damascus with an army 50,000 (the largest Crusader force yet) in 1148
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Nur al-Din added Damascus to his expanding empire in 1154.
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In 1187, Saladin began a major campaign against the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem.
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Ourage inspired the Third Crusade, led by the aging Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, King Philip II of France, and King Richard I of England in 1187
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In September 1191, Richard’s forces defeated Saladin in the battle of Arsuf, which would be the only true battle of the Third Crusade.
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The Capture of Acre in 1191.
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In September 1192, Richard and Saladin signed a peace treaty that reestablished Kingdom of Jerusalem ended third crusade
