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1000
the seljuk turks began to interfere with christian visitors
the turks start interfereing with the chrisitian visitors to the holy land -
1095
council of Clermont
at the Council of Clermont in southern France, the Pope called on Western Christians to take up arms to aid the Byzantines and recapture the Holy Land from Muslim control. This marked the beginning of the Crusades. -
1095
pope urban 11 called for a crusade
a holy war against the Turks. -
Period: 1096 to 1099
The first crusade
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1099
knights took back Jerusalam
knights quickly followed behind in 1096 and after many battles, took back jerusalam in 1099 -
1104
the battle of harran
this battle led directly to a peace deal between england's king Richard the LionHeart and Muslim leader Saladin. -
Jun 11, 1125
battle of azaz
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1137
battle of ba'rin
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Period: 1147 to 1149
the second crusade
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1187
they ruled the city of jerusalem for a while untill 1187
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1187
battle of hattin
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1187
pope gregory vlll calls for the third crusade
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1187
saladin captures jerusalem
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1189
the Turks recaptured Jerusalem
which started the third crusade began in 1189 -
Period: 1189 to 1192
the third crusade
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1190
battle of philomellion
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Aug 7, 1191
battle of arsuf
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Period: 1202 to 1204
the fourth and final crusade
a two year crusade -
1204
the sack of the orthodox christian city of constaninople
they sacked constaninople for three day. during they stole manu ancient and medieval greco - roman works or they ruined them -
1291
The ending of the crusades
for 200 years, crusaders tried to drive Turks out of the holy land. all they permanently won in the holy land was the right of Chrisitians to visit Jerusalem