Comic book:Crusades By: Natali Garcia
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- The First Crusade was the first of a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and at times directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period.
- The initial objective was the recovery of the Holy Land from Islamic rule. These campaigns were subsequently given the name crusades.
- 1st crusade in 1096 – 1099
- The county had been founded during the First Crusade (1096–1099) by King Baldwin I of Jerusalem in 1098.
- The Second Crusade (1147–1150) was the second major crusade launched from Europe. The Second Crusade was started in response to the fall of the County of Edessa in 1144 to the forces of Zengi.
- The Third Crusade (1189–1192) was an attempt by three European monarchs of the Western Christianity (Philip II of France,
- Richard I of England and Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor) to reconquer the Holy Land following the capture of Jerusalem by the Ayyubid sultan Saladin in 1187.
- The Fourth Crusade (1202–1204) was a Latin Christian armed expedition called by Pope Innocent III. The stated intent of the expedition was to recapture the Muslim-controlled city of Jerusalem, by first conquering the powerful Egyptian Ayyubid Sultanate, the strongest Muslim state of the time.
- The Fifth Crusade (1217–1221) was an attempt by Western Europeans to reacquire Jerusalem and the rest of the Holy Land by first conquering Cairo, the capital of the powerful Ayyubid state in Egypt.
- The Sixth Crusade, commonly known as the Crusade of Frederick II, was a military expedition to recapture the city of Jerusalem. It began seven years after the failure of the Fifth Crusade and involved very little actual fighting.
- Start day:1228-End date:1229Territorial changes:jerusalem nazareth Sidon, Jaffa and Bethlehem relinquished to Crusaders Location: CyprusResults: Diplomatic Crusader victory, Jerusalem given back to the Crusaders
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