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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 territories from the Muslim army.
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Richard the Lionheart led the Christian army but failed to take back Jerusalem from Saladin, the leader of the Muslim army.
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Pope Innocent III declares the Fourth Crusade in another attempt to recapture Jerusalem.
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Started by a French child named Stephen of Cloyes. Thousands of children marched to the Holy land. They never made it to the Holy land and many were never seen again.
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Over the next five Crusades the Christian army was unsuccessful at gaining control of the Holy land