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Pope Urban II calls for the First Crusade. The Christian army reclaim the holy land.
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The Second Crusade fails to recapture holy terrorizes from the Muslim Army
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Philip II of France, Richard I of England and Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor lead the Third Crusade. They took back many territories 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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Started by a French child named Stephen of Cloyes. 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.
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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.