1. The Crusades Link to youtube clip here

2. The First Crusade 1096- 1099 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

3. Photo Court esy of: http://www.medievalists.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/first-crusade.jpg

4. The Third Crusade 1189- 1192 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

5. Photo Courtes y of: http://cms.kienthuc.net.vn/zoomh/500/uploaded/ctvkhotrithuc/2014_03_17/ktt_17.3_thap_tu_chinh_7_kienthuc_siyh.jpg

6. The Fourth Crusade 1202-1204 AD Meant to reclaim lands lost to Muslims, ended up sacking Constantinople and assuming control of it for a short time

7. Phot o courte sy o f: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/ConquestOfConstantinopleByTheCrusadersIn1204.jpg

8. 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

9. Photos courtesy of: http://www.thehistoryfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/ChildrensCrusade02-l.jpg and http://media.web.britannica.com/eb-media/11/94911-004-92134344.jpghttp://www.thehistoryfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/ChildrensCrusade02-l.jpg

10. Recruitment posters