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The Crusades!  =The 2nd Crusade:= The second crusade started in 1147 and went until 1149. in the year 1144 the muslims captured a principle christian outpost called Edessa. this aroused the crusaders or christians to rise back up and start a 2nd crusade in fear of the muslims taking jerusalem. When Edessa was taken over, all the people there were slaughtered by the muslims. A very large army set out from Europe, but only a few thousand survived through asia minor because of the turks. the remnants of the armies attacked damascus but had to raise seige only a few days after. =**The 3rd Crusade:**= The Third Crusade started in 1189. The Third Crusade was started when Saladin captured Jerusalem in 1187. After the word of the capture spread, King Philip Augustus of France, King Richard I of England, and the German emperor, Frederick Barbarossa began to organize their forces so they could recapture the Holly Land. During the war Frederick Barbarossa was killed. The Third Crusade also lead to the capture of Acre in 1191. The end of the Third Crusade was the truce between King Richard and Saladin. =The Fourth Crusade:= The Fourth Crusade started in 1202. Innocent III was the match that started the fire to this crusade. The crusaders of the Fourth expedition captured Constantinople instead of Jerusalem. Constantinople declined in strength and could no longer cope with the barbarians menacing it. This was the Fourth Crusade.
 * The 1st crusade:** The first crusade was started in 1097. 10,000 crusaders gathered in Constantinople to set out on the first quest to take holy city of Jerusalem back for the Christian people who were at that point, largly settled in Europe. They were about to take on "The War for the Cross. The crusaders fought through present day Turkey and into the Middle East eliminating Muslim cities in quite brutal fashion on their way to Jerusalem. It took them two years to reach Jerusalem and they weren't successful in taking the city at first. Once they passed the walls of the city, they continued on to killed around 70,000 Muslims, and ravished the Dome of the Rock.

For More information on The Crusades, please check out these sites. [|Leadership U - The Crusades] [|History World] [|Mr. Dowling]

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