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Pope Urban II calls for the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont. the Christian army reclaim the holy land.
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The Second Crusade fails to recapture holy territories from the Muslim army.
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Richard the Lionheart led the Third Crusade, he took back many territories from Saladin but failed to win back Jerusalem.
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Pope Innocent III declares the Fourth Crusade to take back Jerusalem
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Tens of thousands of children gathered to march to the Holy Land. None of the children made it to the Holy Land and many were never seen again. They were likely sold into slavery. -
Over the next several years there would be 5 more Crusades. None of them would be very successful in terms of gaining control of the Holy Land.