The Crusades Link to youtube clip here
The First Crusade AD First MAJOR conflict of a semi-unified Western Christendom and Middle Eastern Muslims Started as a response to a cry for help from the Byzantines
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The Third Crusade AD An attempt to recapture Jerusalem after it was conquered by Saladin in 1187 King Richard Lionheart conquers Sicily, Cyprus, and Acre and negotiated with Saladin
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The Fourth Crusade AD Meant to reclaim lands lost to Muslims, ended up sacking Constantinople and assuming control of it for a short time
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The Children’s Crusade Around 1212 AD The idea arose that he previous Crusades failed because of corrupt adults Children were thought to be pure and innocent, and god would protect them
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