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The Crusades

1095 CE – 1291 CE

Two centuries of holy war over the Levant — from the First Crusade's capture of Jerusalem to the fall of Acre and the end of the Crusader states.

276 events · 424 people · 2 eras

Key events

1. People's Crusade1096 CE
   poor people's army to fight muslim Turks in Jerusalem (1095-1100)
2. Siege of Jerusalem1099 CE
   1099 battle during which the Crusaders captured Jerusalem from the Fatimid Caliphate
3. Battle of Montgisard1177 CE
   The Battle of Montgisard was fought between the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Ayyubid Sultanate on 25 November 1177 at Montgisard, in the Levant between Ramla and Yibna.
4. Battle of Hattin1187 CE
   Victory of Egyptian forces under Saladin against Crusader joint forces, 1187
5. Siege of Baghdad1258 CE
   1258 Mongol conquest of the Abbasid Caliphate
6. Battle of Ain Jalut1260 CE
   The Battle of Ain Jalut, also spelled Ayn Jalut, was fought between the Bahri Mamluks of Egypt and the Ilkhanate on 3 September 1260 near the spring of Ain Jalut in southeastern Galilee in the Jezreel Valley. It marks the first major halt to Mongolian advances and paused their expansion into Arabia and Europe.
7. Siege of Antioch1097 CE
   1097–1098 siege during the First Crusade
8. Siege of Nicaea1097 CE
   The siege of Nicaea was the first major battle of the First Crusade, taking place from 14 May to 19 June 1097. The city was under the control of the Seljuk Turks who opted to surrender to the Byzantines in fear of the crusaders breaking into the city. The siege was followed by the Battle of Dorylaeum and the Siege of Antioch, all taking place in modern Turkey.
9. Battle of Dorylaeum1097 CE
   The Battle of Dorylaion or Dorylaeum took place during the First Crusade on 1 July 1097 between the crusader forces and the Seljuk Turks, near the city of Dorylaion in Anatolia. Though the Turkish forces of Kilij Arslan nearly wiped out the Crusader contingent of Bohemond of Taranto, other Crusaders arrived just in time to reverse the course of the battle.
10. Battle of Myriokephalon1176 CE
    The Battle of Myriokephalon was a battle between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Turks in the mountains west of Iconium (Konya) in west-central Anatolia on 17 September 1176. The battle was a strategic reverse for the Byzantine forces, who were ambushed when moving through a mountain pass.
11. Siege of Jerusalem1187 CE
    1187 siege that marks the end of Christian dominion over the Greater Jerusalem
12. Battle of Arsuf1191 CE
    The Battle of Arsuf took place on 7 September 1191, as part of the Third Crusade. It saw a multi-national force of Crusaders, led by Richard I of England, defeat a significantly larger army of the Ayyubid Sultanate, led by Saladin.

Notable people

• Saladin1138 CE – 1193 CE
• Richard I of England1157 CE – 1199 CE
• Osman I1258 CE – 1326 CE
• Frederick Barbarossa1122 CE – 1190 CE
• Louis IX of France1214 CE – 1270 CE
• Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor1194 CE – 1250 CE
• Edward I of England1239 CE – 1307 CE
• Gregory IX1170 CE – 1241 CE
• Philip II of France1165 CE – 1223 CE
• Gustave Doré1832 CE – 1883 CE
• Hulegu Khan1217 CE – 1265 CE
• Louis VII of France1120 CE – 1180 CE

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