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The first Crusade was set into motion by Pope Urban II who, in 1095, was asked by the Byzantine Emperor Alexius I, to help him defend his land from Turks who he thought where invading. The Pope heard his plea and decided to send troops to help him. He gathered the Knights of Western Europe and convinced them to go on a Holy War. Urban II told them to go and retake the city of Jerusalem and the surrounding Holy Lands. The Crusaders came against little resistance as they marched towards Jerusalem, until Antioch. Antioch was the the first city that held out against the crusaders for more then a few days. After the crusaders conquered Antioch they moved onto Jerusalem, where the crusaders faced the bloodiest of the battles. At first, thinking to storm the city, the attacking crusaders were meet with a hail of arrows. After a few more failed attempts made by the crusaders, they decided to wait for logs to build siege weapons, which they could not build before because of the lack of nearby foliage. Finally, in 1099 Jerusalem was captured and the first Crusade was brought to an end. It took the Christan forces nearly four years to do what they set out to do.  The C hildren C rusade

In 1212 a boy by the name of Stephen went to see the king with a note that he said was given to him by Christ himself. However when King Philip of France finally saw the kid he treated him with scorn, but instead of being dejected by the indifference if the king Stephen went to go preach out side of Saint-Denis abbey. Soon all the children in France were flocking to him. Later that year the children of France began their way to the Holy Land. However the children's attempt was doomed to fail. While on their way they where killed by heatstroke and from fatigue because they had never taken such a long and delusional journey toward the holy city. 

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The third crusade was caused by the recapture of Jerusalem in 1187 c.e. by Saladin. The crusade was a vain attempt in regaining the holy city. However Richard the lion-heart and Saladin are known for their knightly endeavors such as nurturing the enemy to full health before resuming the fight to say honestly that they won with out contestation. In the end there was a truce that Jerusalem would stay with the Muslims but Christians could pilgrim their without fear of death and without being taxed. 3rd crusade [|Picture] The fourth crusade The fourth crusade had nothing to do with the actual holy land but rather greed of the Venetian merchants. French nobles took the crusader’s vow but had to get help from the Venetian merchants for ships to sail with. The Venetian’s agreed as long as the crusaders also took out Zara, their competition, before hand. After Zara fell the crusaders were persuaded to take Constantinople rather than Jerusalem and so the crusader’s sacked Constantinople and left it vulnerable.

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