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The Crusades

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  • Jan 1, 1096

    First Crusade.

    First Crusade.
    The first Crusade started because Muslims were going to take Constantinople so the leaders there asked the pope and he asked for help. A huge army arrived, each person with different ideas, so they went to recover the Holy Land. It eneded 1099.
  • Oct 21, 1097

    Siege of Antioch

    Siege of Antioch
    This was the first siege, by the crusaders against the Muslim-held city. It lasted from 21 October 1097 to 2 June 1098.
  • Jun 28, 1098

    Battle of Orontes

    Battle of Orontes
    The First Crusade wins a victory forcing Emir Kerboga to lift the siege of Antioch. Battle during the first crusade that secured the crusaders control of Antioch
  • Jul 15, 1099

    Capture of Jerusalem

    Capture of Jerusalem
    After besiegeing the city for over a month, The Crusaders finally captured Jerusalem.
  • Dec 24, 1144

    Capture of Edessa

    Capture of Edessa
    The country of Edessa, a Crusader state, was captured by Zengi, ruler of Mosul. This triggered the Second Crusade in 1148. This city was recently conquered by trhe Crusaders but they were extremely vulnerable to Muslim counterattack.
  • Jan 1, 1147

    Second Crusade

    Second Crusade
    The Second Crusade was organized to recapture Edessa reconquered by the Turks. It ended in 1149.
  • Oct 25, 1147

    Battle of Dorylaeum

    Battle of Dorylaeum
    Conrad III, running out of provisions, stopped there to rest, and his army of 20,000 men was badly defeated by the Turks.
  • Jul 24, 1148

    Battle of Damascus

    Battle of Damascus
    The Crusaders decided to attack Damascus from the west but the Muslims were prepared. Because they were loosing the local crusader lords refused to carry on with the siege, and the three kings had no choice but to abandon the city.
  • Jan 1, 1189

    Third Crusade

    Third Crusade
    The Third Crusade occur to recapture Jerusalem beacuse recently in 1887 it had fallen to a Kurdish warrioir and Muslim leader Saladin. it ended in 1192.
  • Jan 1, 1189

    Siege of Acres

    Siege of Acres
    The Battle of Acres lasted two years. It is one of the dealdliest event from the whole Crusades. After a long time fighting, Acre surrendered to Kings Philip, Richard and Guy; Philip departed the Holy Land for France shortly afterward.
  • Sep 7, 1191

    Battle of Arsuf

    Battle of Arsuf
    After the siege of Acres, Richard decided to go to Jaffa where he could launch his attack to Jerusalem, Richard won.
  • Jan 1, 1192

    Truce

    Truce
    Richard and Saladin agreed to a truce. Jerusalem would remain under Muslim control but unarmed Christians could freely govisit the Holy places.
  • Jan 1, 1202

    Fourth Crusade

    Fourth Crusade
    The leaders of the crusade decided to make Egypt their objective point, since this country was then the center of the Muslim power.
  • Nov 24, 1202

    Battle on Zara

    Battle on Zara
    After just five days of fighting, Crusaders capture the Hungarian port of Zara. The Venetians had once controlled Zara but lost it to the Hungarians and offered passage to Egypt to the Crusaders in exchange for Zara. The pope then excomunicated the Crusades and the Venetian city.
  • Jul 1, 1204

    Sack of Constantinople

    Sack of Constantinople
    In 1204, the Crusaders with help of the Venetians and others sacked Constantinople. They destroyed works, killed most civilians, sacked churches, monasteries and convents.