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3 days ago · This is a site of Christian pilgrimage built where Christian Roman authorities pinpointed the purported location of Jesus' burial and resurrection in Jerusalem in 325. [1] One of the objectives of the Crusades was to free the Holy Sepulchre from Muslim control. [2]
3 days ago · The First Crusade (1095-1102) was a military campaign by western European forces to recapture the city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslim control. Conceived by Pope Urban II following an appeal...
4 days ago · Band of Crusaders embarking for the Holy Land, detail from 15th-century “Statutes of the Order of Saint Esprit.”. The increased authority of the papacy and the relative decline in the power of the emperor became clear in the unforeseen emergence of the Crusades as a major preoccupation of Europe.
5 days ago · 十字軍東征 （ 拉丁語 ： Cruciata ；法語： Croisade ； 伊斯兰世界 稱為 法蘭克人入侵 ；1096年－1291年）是一系列在 教皇 的准許下的战争，由 西欧 的 封建領地主 和 骑士 对被他們視為 侵略者 的 伊斯兰政权 （ 地中海 东岸）发动持续近200年的 战争 ...
4 days ago · The Third Crusade (1189-1192 CE) was launched to retake Jerusalem after its fall to the Muslim leader Saladin in 1187 CE. The Crusade was led by three European monarchs, hence its other name of 'the Kings' Crusade'.
3 days ago · An important figure of the Third Crusade, he spearheaded the Muslim military effort against the Crusader states in the Levant. At the height of his power, the Ayyubid realm spanned Egypt, Syria, Upper Mesopotamia, the Hejaz, Yemen, and Nubia.
3 days ago · Byzantine Empire - Fourth Crusade, Latin Empire: In 1195 Isaac II was deposed and blinded by his brother Alexius III. The Westerners, who had again blamed the failure of their Crusade on the Byzantines, saw ways of exploiting the situation.
