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May 22, 1096
1st crusade
Jeruselum is a holy land to Muslims, Christians, and Jews.
Jerusalem was under Muslims control, so the Christians were fighting against Muslims over Jerusalem. On July 1099, the Christians regained Jerusalem.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Crusade) -
May 22, 1149
2nd crusade
The cause of the second crusade was the fall and massacre at Edessa. At the end of the war there were a peace treaty between the Byzantine empire and the Seljuq turks.
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Crusade) -
Sep 20, 1187
Saladin retakes the city of Jerusalem
Jerusalem was under Christians control. Jerusalem is holy to Muslims and Saladin is Muslim so he fought against Christians for Jerusalem. On October 2, 1187 he captured Jerusalim over the Christians.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Jerusalem_(1187)) -
May 22, 1189
3rd crusade
The 3rd crusade was caused by the capture of Jerusalem by
Saladin. It was between Europeans leaders and Saladin. The result of the war was Jerusalem was still under muslims control and trade was allowed between christians and Muslims.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Crusade) -
May 22, 1291
Massacre at Acre
The Europeans kings were fighting against Saladin over Jerusalem. The crusades kings slowly broke the city walls and finally controlled the city to the Muslims.
(http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/lionheart.htm) -
May 29, 1451
Turks capture Consantinople
Mahomet II came to the Turkish throne and swore to capture Constantinople. He trained an army. By April, his army was ready. On May 29, the city fallen (http://www.articlesbase.com/antiques-articles/the-turks-capture-constantinople-1453-1505169.html) -
Arab league declares Jihad on Israel
When Israel was declared it's own country, the Arab league attacked to destroyed it.
(http://www.eretzyisroel.org/~jkatz/independence.html) -
Suez canal incident
The British and Fremch joined forces with Israel to take control of the Suez canal. The U.N. salvage team moved in to clear the canal and the Egyptian government was allowed to maintain control of the canal. After the war, France and England gave up their African colonial empires. It was the first time oil played a major part and Egypt and Israel had a conflict (http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/causes_suez-crisis-1956.htm) -
Battle of Algiers
It was an Algerian war for independance from the the French colonists and government. It's an account of the bloodiest revolution in modern history. At the end of the war Algeria got it's independence from France.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algerian_War) -
Gulf war
The U.N authorized force from 34 counrties, led by the U.S. against Iraq in responce to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. After the war Iraq compelled to disarm under the threat of sanction and Iraqui withdrawal from kuwait.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War) -
9/11
9/11 was a four suicide attacks on the U.S. by Al queda. Nearly 3,000 people died. The United States responded to the atttacks by starting the war on terror and invadin Afghanistan to depose the Talibam, which had harbored Al queda.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks) -
Operation Iraqui freedom
The U.S. claimed Iraq has weapons of mass distruction(W.M.D), was a threat to security, and some U.S. officials accused Saddam Hussein of supporting Al queda. In 2004 the U.N. found no evidence of W.M.D. The results of the war was improvements of public security, execution of Saddam Hussein and a formation of new government in Iraq.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War)
