Crusaders

By Straeky
  • Period: 600 BCE to 1093 BCE

    Jerusalem 600 CE to 1093

    In 600 CE, Arabs entered the city and took control.

    The Arabs allowed Christians and Jewish pilgrims to visit Jerusalem. in fact, Jews and Christians could live Palestine as long as they paid their taxes like everyone else.
  • 1093

    The Invaders

    In 1093, Byzantine Emperor named Alexius Comnenus ask for help against invaders.
  • 1095

    A Problem

    Around 1095, a new group of Arabs took control of Jerusalem. They closed the city to Jewish and Christian pilgrims.
    And…
    Began trying to invade the Byzantine empire
  • 1095

    Pope Urban ll Responds

    Pope Urban II read the letter in Nov. 1095 asking for help and called for a “holy war” or CRUSADE
    He said those who fought and died in the Crusades would be promised a spot in Heaven with all sins forgiven
    And about 30,000 men took up his offer and left western Europe to fight in Jerusalem
  • Period: 1096 to 1099

    First Crusade

    Unprepared troops
    No strategy
    Captured Jerusalem
    Carved in up into 4 Crusader states
  • Period: 1147 to 1149

    Second Crusade

    Muslim leader Saladin takes control of Jerusalem
    Muslim Turks re-conquer the city
    Saladin is described to be honest and brave
  • Period: 1189 to 1192

    The Third Crusade

    Richard the Lion Hearted = English King and two other leaders fail to recapture Jerusalem
    He and Saladin respected each other
  • Period: 1202 to 1204

    The Fourth Crusade

    Crusades attack Constantinople instead
    Stole statues, money, paintings and jewelry
    Burned libraries, destroyed churches
    Said they needed money to defend Constantinople from the same fate as Jerusalem and to rescue Jerusalem from Muslims
    People of Constantinople hated the west for sacking their city
  • 1212

    The Children's Crusade

    Thousands of French and German children try to reach Jerusalem
    Believed God would help them because they were children
    Many died of hunger, some froze to death
    When they reached the Mediterranean sea, expected they waters to part for them…. They didn’t
    Forced to return home
  • 1453

    The End

    The Christians are finally pushed out of Jerusalem
    Muslim Turks are the victors and take over the Byzantine in 1453