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Called for by Pope Urban the Second in order to recapture the holy land.
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Pope Urban the Second gives a speech about Jerusalem.
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The governor of the city, Yaghi-Siyan, knew that the Crusaders would reach them and had begun stockpiling food. The seige lasted 226 days, ranging from the 21st of October 1097 to the 3rd of June 1098.
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The final push to the siege of Jerusalem. Godfrey was declared the King of Jerusalem.
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King Richard the First of England and Saladin, the Sultan of Egypt and Syria, sign a treaty, ending the Third Crusade. Richard returns to England.
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Despite the death of the Sultan, his advisors allowed the peace treaty to remain in place well into the 13th Century.
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The citizens of Constantinople turn against Alexius the Third after the Crusaders set fire to the city.
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Led by a young man named Nicholas from Cologne, the Children's Crusades were made up of children, adolescents, women, the elderly, and the poor who believed they would rescue Jerusalem.
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In fear of the Crusaders, the Muslims offered some peace terms which included the cessation of Jerusalem as well as the return of the True Cross.
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Leading a surprise attack against an Egyptian Camp, Robert of Artois gets his troops stuck behind enemy lines, killing many of his troops.
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The last crusader stronghold on the mainland is besieged.The city was taken over by the Mamlūks and the citizens were enslaved.