The History of the Crusades

By Bridget McEwan
  • Locations and timing important to the Crusades
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    Locations and timing important to the Crusades

  • Period: 1000 to 1300

    History of the Crusades

  • 1040

    Turks begin to migrate from Central Asia to Southwest Asia

    Turks migrate from Central Asia to southwest Asia, conquer Persia, and invade Armenia and Iraq, finally capturing Baghdad, the Abbasid capital city.
  • 1045

    World Event - The Real Events of Shakespeare's Macbeth

    Macbeth defeated and killed King Duncan to take the Scottish throne as Duncan's two sons fled af6ter he was murdered. Macbeth was mostly a peaceful king and was known for his generosity to the Church.
  • 1055

    The Turks have finished migrating

    Turks migrate from Central Asia to southwest Asia, conquer Persia, and invade Armenia and Iraq, finally capturing Baghdad, the Abbasid capital city.
  • 1071

    The Battle of Manzikert

    Turkic forces defeat Byzantine forces at the Battle of Manzikert and found the Sultanate of Rum in Asia Minor.
  • Nov 27, 1095

    Preaching of the First Crusade

    Pope Urban ll preaches the First Crusade (Due to a call of help from the Byzantine Empire in March 1095).
  • 1096

    The First Crusade Begins

  • Aug 15, 1096

    The Official beginning of the Crusades

    Pope Urban ll calls the official beginning of the Crusades, even though the Crusaders have already left.
  • 1099

    The First Crusade Ends

  • 1147

    The Second Crusade begins

  • 1149

    The Second Crusade ends

  • 1189

    The Third Crusade begins

  • 1192

    The Third Crusade ends

  • 1202

    The Fourth Crusade begins

  • 1204

    The Fourth Crusade ends

  • 1228

    The Crusade of Frederick ll begins

  • 1229

    The Crusade of Frederick ll ends

  • Dec 21, 1237

    World Event - The Mongols Invade Europe

  • 1248

    The First Crusade of Louis lX begins

  • 1254

    The First Crusade of Louis lX ends

  • 1270

    Louis lX second Crusade (Last for a year)