The Crusades 1092-1453

By malayna89298
  • 1093

    The Invaders

    Byzantine Emperor asked for help against invaders who were Muslim Turks also known as the Ottoman Turks
  • 1095

    The problem

    A group of Arabs took control of Jerusalem.
  • 1095

    Pope Urban the 2nd responds

    Pope Urban the 2nd read the letter in November asking for help and called for a “holy war” or CRUSADE
  • 1096

    First crusade 1096-1099

    Unprepared troops, no strategy, captured Jerusalem, carved in up into 4 Crusader states
  • 1147

    2nd crusade 1147-1149

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

    Third Crusade 1189-1192

    Richard the Lionhearted = English King and two other leaders fail to recapture Jerusalem, he and Saladin respected each other.
  • 1202

    Fourth Crusade 12-02 1204

    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

    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.
  • 1453

    In the End 1453

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