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Jan 1, 1096
1st Crusade Launched
The first crusade was a military expedition launched by the pope urban 2 in order to regain the holy land. -
Jan 1, 1145
2nd Crusade
The Second Crusade was announced by Pope Eugene III, and was the first of the crusades to be led by European kings. -
Oct 2, 1187
Saladin retakes the city of Jerusalem
Saladin United Arab forces and recaptured the holy city of Jerusalem from Christian Crusaders. -
Jan 1, 1189
3rd Crusade
The Third Crusade (1189–1192), also known as the Kings Crusade was an attempt by European leaders to reconquer the Holy Land from Saladin. With religion playing such a large role in peoples lives, the holy places such as Jerusalem,were a place of special signifigance any strong religious people. -
Aug 20, 1191
Massacre at Acre
This was about saladin not willing to pay the terms of the treaty of acre so Richard had the garrison (including women and children) massacred in full view of Saladin's camp. -
Apr 6, 1453
Turks capture Constantinople
The Fall of Constantinople marked the end of the Byzantine Empire, an empire which had lasted for over 1,100 years, and was a massive blow for Christendom. -
Arab Leauge declares Jihad on Israel
On the day that Israel declared its independence Azzam Pasha, Secretary General of the Arab League, at Cairo press conference declared “jihad”, a holy war. He said that the Arab states rejected partition and intended to set up a “United State of Palestine.” -
Suez Canal Incident
The Suez Crisis, also referred to as the Tripartite Aggression was a war fought by France, Israel, and Britain against Egypt. Less than a day after Israel invaded Egypt, France and Britain issued a joint ultimatum to Egypt and Israel, and then began to bomb Cairo. -
Battle of Algiers
The battle of Algiers was a battle of Guerrilla Warfare between the National Liberation Front and the French Algerian. -
1st Gulf War
The Gulf War was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from thirty-four nations led by the United States, against Iraq -
9/11
9/11 was a series of coordinated suicide attacks upon the United States of America. Terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing everyone on board and many other civillians in the buildings. Both towers collapsed within two hours, destroying nearby buildings and damaging others. This was a devasting event that happened and effects a lot of people. -
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom was a military campaign that began on March 20, 2003, with the invasion of Iraq by a multinational force led by troops from the United States under the administration of President George W. Bush and the United Kingdom under Prime Minister Tony Blair.
