crusades

  • 1093

    alexis commines ask for help

    alexis communes asked for help to fight he turks in 1093
  • 1095

    Arabs take control of Jerusalem

    in 1095 Arabs took Jerusalem and closed the city to Christians and pilgrims
  • 1095

    pope urban II responds

    pope urban II reads the letter and calls for a holy war or a crusade
  • 1096

    First crusade

    without no strategy pope urban II captured Jerusalem
  • 1147

    Second Crusade

    Muslim leader Saladin takes control of Jerusalem
  • 1189

    Third Crusade

    Richard the Lion Hearted fail to recapture Jerusalem
  • 1202

    Fourth Crusade

    Crusades attack Constantinople. The People of Constantinople hated the west for sacking their city
  • 1212

    childrens crusade

    Thousands of French and German children try to reach Jerusalem
    but most of them were dieing so they returned.
  • 1453

    At Last

    Muslim Turks are the victors and take over the Byzantine.