Events
Alexius the First asks Pope Urban II for a
small army, to aid him in a small fight.
Instead, Pope Urban II sends
25,000 christians to fight
in the holy crusade
for control over Jerusalem.
.Christianity is
founded in the
1rst Century AD
.The Islamic religon
was founded in
the early
7th centruy.
.TodayThe Battle of
took place during the First
Crusade on July 1, 1097,
between the crusaders and
the Seljuk Turks, near the
city of Dorylaeum in Anatolia.
.Europeans gather to go on Crusade.
They all meet and Constantinople
and then take many routes to get
their ultimate destination, Jerusalem.
.The Holy Lance was found in
Antioch in June of
1098. The Holy Lance
is the spear that pierced
Jesus on the holy cross.
.Jerusalem is
captured
by the
crusaders on
July 15 1099.
.The second crusade began
in 1145 announced by Pope
Eugene III in response to the
fall of the County of Edessa,
in December 24 1144 This
county the first county made
the first crusade, and the first to fallThe People's Crusade started in 1096.
They were a group of people
who went on the crusades,
but outside of the
main 4 fights.
.The Holy Land, Jerusalem
taken by the Muslims
in the Siege of
Jerusalem in April 637
against the Holy Roman
Empire/ the Byzantine
Empire
.The Byzantine Army, under emperor
Romanus IV Diogenes is destroyed by Turks
in 1071 during the battle of
Manzikert.
.Judaism is
founded in
1300's.
.A small video on the CrusadesSiege of Nicea
In the seige of Nicaea, the Crusaders
and some people who were left over
from the people’s crusade arrived at Antioch on May 6
1096. They were short on food, but they still
seemed to take over the city by May 14 of the same year.Siege of Antioch
The Prince's Crusade attacked Antioch on October 1097.
The fight was lead by
Raymond of Toulouse and Godfrey of Bouillon.
They captured Antioch iin a difficult battle.
They then continued to JerusalemThe Princes Crusade-
The Princes Crusade was one the 4 main groups
of the first crusade. They consisted of princes,
counts and other minor rulers. They were
responsible for many seiges, such as the
Siege of Antioch. Their large number of about 10,000
experienced fighter helped them win many of their battlesThe Battle of Orontes.
The First Crusade was a victory.
This forced Emir Kerboga
to lift the seige on Antioch.https://www.usna.edu/Users/history/abels/hh315/crusades_timeline.htmA small breifing on what happened
before the crusades
http://www.umich.edu/~marcons/Crusades/timeline/precursors.htmlPeriods
The First CrusadeThe Second Crusade
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