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1347 BCE
Black Death
bubonic plague killed one-third of the population of Europe -
1229 BCE
Sixth Crusade
sixth crusade - failure -
1219 BCE
Fifth Crusade
Crusade to “save” the Holy Land – a failure -
1209 BCE
Albigensian Crusade in Europe
Heresy took hold in southern France and, through military conquest, Rome forced its exclusive right to interpret and deliver doctrine -
1200 BCE
Fourth Crusade
Although the armies of Rome withdrew some decades later, allowing the Orthodox Christians to re-settle Constantinople -
1189 BCE
Third Crusade
third crusade fails -
1146 BCE
Second Crusade
second crusades fails -
1140 BCE
Period of building Great Gothic cathedrals in Europe
The cathedrals were the most visible display of the church triumphant -
1101 BCE
Crusader states were established
Crusader states were established in the Holy Land -
1099 BCE
Crusaders from Europe conquered Jerusalem
Moslems, Jews and eastern Orthodox Christians alike were all slaughtered -
1095 BCE
The Emperor in Constantinople, capital of the eastern half of the Christian Empire, called for help in his campaigns against growing Moslem strength
Pope Urban II in Rome called on Christians in Europe to join a crusade to liberate Jerusalem from the Moslems. -
1087 BCE
Moslems reconquer jerusalem
Moslems led by Saladin reconquered Jerusalem
