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In Jerusalen 3000 Christian Pilgrims were killed, and churches of the territory were used as stables.
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Emperor Alexix I sent a representative messengers to Pope Urban II regardin the atrocities in Jerusalem.
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The first crusade or the people crusade was about trying to defend Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire because it was threated by muslims.
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The First Crusade started when armed forces gathered at Constantinople.
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First crusaders conquered the holy land and succesfuly defended Constantinople.
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The Holy Roman Emperor Conrad III lead the second crusade to Damcus.
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The second Crusade didn't help to mach the Christian presence in de Mideast, because of that, form 1153 to 1169 the Franks were again on the offensive
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"The Christians had been on the defensive since 1169."
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"Saladin united the Moslems of Syria under his sway" ready to attack Jerusalem that was conquered last time by the holy roman empire, salladin invaded Jerusalem and was victorious and made the citie again muslim
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This crusade hwas leaded by 3 of the most important kings in the mediterranean sea territorie, Richard the Lion Heart
( England), Philip II of France and Frederik I of the holy roman empire, all of them against Saladin -
There was an expedition to capture the citie of Acre,it was done by Richard and Phillip who made a trip by sea to get there,but the quarrels between them were blocking their future success, at the end only Richard stayed to conquer the land.
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After the expedition to Acre, Richard the lion heart had a countless struggles with Saladin the Musilm king, it was a honorable opponent but in the end it was defeated and Richard stayed in the holy land.
