THE CRUSADES

Start of the crusade

1095: Pope Urban called for a
crusade against the "enemies of
God" in the East, which was
referring to Islamic people.
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In 1097, crusader armies advanced into
Seljuk-held territor y, winning a number of
victories over

Turkish Muslim forces - mainly because of

disunity and lack of preparedness on the par t
of the Muslims.
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1099: crusaders
captured Jerusalem,
and established several
"Crusader States“
controlled by Latin
Christian noblemen in
Syria and Palestine.
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Soon, Muslim forces

rallied and under took
the reconquest of the
regions captured by
Crusaders - regions
that had been in Muslim
hands for centuries.
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Here is a map of the regions being

fought over by the Christians and
Muslims.
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1145: a second Crusade

was called to reclaim
these territories for
Christianity (Jerusalem
remained in Christian
hands at this time).
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1 1 4 5 : Sa l ah a l-D in, a
Mus l im ge nera l an d new
s ult a n of a n e mp ir e
s tr e tchin g fr om E g yp t to
Ira q, r e to ok Je r us a le m a nd
de cima te d t he Cr usa d e r
s ta t es , ne a r ly de s tr oyi ng
the m.
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Here is a map of the

routes the Christians
and Muslims took to
join on in battle.
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The Seventh Crusade was

a crusade led by Louis IX
of France from 1248 to
1254. Louis' Christian
army was defeated by the
Ayyubid army led by Fakhr
al-Din ibn Shaykh al-
Shuyukh and their allies,
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T h e Cr u s a d e o f 1 1 9 7 , a l s o k n o wn
a s t h e C r us a d e o f He n r y V I o r
t h e G e r m a n C r u s a d e wa s a
crusade launched by the
Ho h e ns t a u f e n e m p e r o r He n r y V I
in response to the aborted
a t t e mp t o f h i s f a t h e r, E mp e r o r
Frederick I, during the Third
Crusade in 1189–90.