Medieval

By Santosocana
  • 1212 BCE

    Children’s Crusade 1212

    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
  • 1189 BCE

    Third Crusade

    Richard the Lion Hearted = English King and two other leaders fail to recapture Jerusalem
    He and Saladin respected each other
  • 1149 BCE

    Second Crusade

    Muslim leader Saladin takes control of Jerusalem
    Muslim Turks re-conquer the city
    Saladin is described to be honest and brave
  • 1096 BCE

    First crusade

    Unprepared troops
    No strategy
    Captured Jerusalem
    Carved in up into 4 Crusader states
  • 1095 BCE

    But

    The Problem: Around 1095, a new group of Arabs took control of Jerusalem. They closed the city to Jewish and Christian pilgrims.
  • 1095 BCE

    The Invaders

    In 1093, Byzantine Emperor named Alexius Comnenus ask for help against invaders
    THE INVADERS: The Muslim Turks aka Ottoman Turks
  • 1095 BCE

    Pope Urban

    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
  • 600 BCE

    Jerusalem from 600 CE to 1093

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

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