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Timeline of the Crusades
1095
1100
1145
The First Crusade 1096-1099
The goal was to conquer the Holy Land. There were hundreds of thousands of crusaders. The
crusaders managed to break through the walls of Jerusalem and killed over 70,000 Muslims and
Jews living there. The crusade was successful because the crusaders Jerusalem.
The Second Crusade: 1145-1149
The goal was to recapture the Holy Land. Over one million crusaders left for Jerusalem but ended
up overthrowing Edessa, their allies. This united Muslims against the Crusaders. The crusaders
moved on to Damascus were they were defeated. Saladin unified the Muslim forces and conquered
Egypt and Jerusalem. This crusade was a failure.
1189
The Third Crusade: 1189-1192
The goal was to recapture the Holy Land. Richard I of England and King Phillip of France decide
to attack by sea. They conquer Cypress and Sicily on the way King Richard went on to conquer
Acre and slaughtered the people there. Eventually Saladin and Richard make a truce and some land
goes the Crusaders and some to the Muslims.
1202
The Fourth Crusade: 1202-1204
1212
The goal was to capture Constantinople. This was the only crusade that Roman Catholic fought
Eastern Orthodox Catholics. The crusaders needed money to retake the Holy Land so the French
pay them to attack Zara. The Byzantine emperor was killed and the Pope sacked Constantinople
and the Byzantine Empire. They never went to Jerusalem.
The Children’s Crusade: 1212
1217
The Children’s Crusade was established to being innocence and goodness to the wars. About
30,000 children participated and were sold into slavery. Then 2,000 from France died when their
ships sunk others were sold into slavery. It was not a successful crusade.
The Fifth Crusade: 1217 – 1221
1228
1248
The goal was to establish secure base in Egypt from which to take Muslim lands. The new Muslim
ruler offered to give the Christens the Holy Land but the pope said no because he wanted Egypt
too. They camped in the Nile River flood plain and were washed away when the Muslims opened
the rivers barriers.
The Sixth Crusade: 1228 the goal was to recapture the Holy Land. King Fredrick of France was
granted Jerusalem as long as Muslims were allowed to worship there in exchange Christians were
to help Muslims fight the Mongols. The pope excommunicated Fredrick for adopting Muslim
beliefs and practices. The crusade it was a failure because although the city was Christian none
were allowed to travel there.
The Seventh Crusade: 1248 – 1254
1270
The goal was to capture a base in Egypt and regain the Holy Land. Turkism Muslims had overrun
Jerusalem. Most of the crusaders got dysentery and were easily defeated. It was a failure.
The Eighth Crusade: 1270 – 1291
The goal was to covert Bay of Tunis to Christianity and recapture holy places in the Holy Land.
The French crusaders united with the Mongols to attack but the Muslims had armies of kidnapped
Russian slave children (Mamelukes). They defeated the Mongols and all christens in the area. The
crusade was a failure.