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The muslim forces under the command of imad ad-Din Zengi re-capture Edessa. He was originally taken by crusaders under Baldwin of Boulogne in 1098
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The second crusade is launched to recapture territory. THis bull was sent directly to the French King, Louis VII, which chose to ignore the pope's call to action first.
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The allmohads drive the Almoravids out of Andalusia. Amoravid descendants can still be found in Mauretania.
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Saxon's meeting in Frankfurt asked for permition to launch a Crusade on pegan slaves in the east. Only Pope Eugene III would be able to give authorization, against the Wends.
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Conrad III personally leads the Second Crusade, but his army would be almost utterly destroyed during the crossing of the plains of Anatolia.
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The Almoravid Dynasty falls from power. Picking up the name "those who line up in defense of faith", this group of Berber Muslims had ruled Northern Africa and SPain since 1056.
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The crusaders left Regensburg to march across land to Constantinople.
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At Worms, Louis joined with crusaders from Normandy and England, then encounters a small altercation with Geza of Hungary.
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1147 -the governor of Damascus, made an alliance against Jerusalem
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Crusaders from Germany under Conrad III stop Dorylaeum to rest and are destroyed by Saracens.A lot of treasure is captured that the market price of precious metals throughout the Muslim world drops.
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French forces are left in Attalia by king Louis VII, who got his own passage on ships for himself and thefew nobles to Antioch. Muslims quick desend upon the Attalia and kill nearly every Frenchman in the area.
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Crusaders are forced to withdraw from their siege of Damascus after only a week, partly as a result of the three leaders being unable to agree on almost anything. Political groups within the crusaderers stand in hard contrast to the greater unity amoung the Muslims in the area.
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Hostilities between the French and German leaders of the Second Crusade became such a problem that the German Emperor, Conrad III, abandoned the crusade and returned to Constantinople. The Second Crusade ended in failure
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The Crusader Church of the Holy Sepulcher is offically committed.Fatimid rulers fortify the Egyptian city ascalon with 53 towers.
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1154 - Nur ad-Din takes Damascus from Mameluke Mu'in ad-Din Unur, uniting Moslem Syria
