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Specific Crusades  The First Crusade:
 * Launched in 1096
 * Called the People's Crusade or the Peasant's Crusade
 * Was basically a giant revolt by the people
 * Led by Peter the Hermit
 * 80,000 men, women, and children marched towards the Holy Land
 * On the way there, they were surprised and devastated by the Seljuk Turks
 * Seized Antioch from the muslims with a nine month siege
 * Finally reached Jerusalem with an army of 20,000
 * Penetrated the city walls and captured the city in July 1099
 * Once inside, the remaining Christians slaughtered every Muslim
 * Christians stole their homes and took everything they wanted

Since the First Crusade so important, here is a website that explains it in detail: http://history.howstuffworks.com/middle-ages/crusades3.htm 

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">The Second Crusade:
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Launched in 1147
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Fought mainly by knights as opposed to people like the First Crusade
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">The Christian city of Edessa was captured and slaughtered by the Turks
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">This was in revenge for what happened in Jerusalem
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Led personally by St. Bernard, who followed in Peter the Hermit's footsteps
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Called for by Louis VII of France and Conrad III of Germany
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">They combined forces to make a Christian army towards the end of the war
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Almost everyone who fought for the Christians was killed
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">The Second Crusade accomplished absolutely nothing

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">The Third Crusade:
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Started in 1189
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Saladin made himself Sultan of Egypt
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">With this power, he took back Jerusalem
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Led by Richard the Lion-hearted
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Sparked by the persecution of Jews and unusual taxes on every class of people
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Siege of Acre was one of the longest and costliest sieges ever
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Also included over 600,000 soldiers
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Richard the Lion-hearted led a march to Jerusalem but could not take the city
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">This marked the end of the Third Crusade

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">The Fourth Crusade:
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Began in 1202
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Lasted 60 years
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Fought against the Muslims
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Brought Constantinople to its weakest point ever
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Had more political consequences than any other Crusade
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Constantinople fell easily to the Turks two centuries later

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">The Children's Crusade:
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Started in 1212
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">A twelve-year-old named Stephen of Cloyes believed he was commanded by God to lead a Crusade to rescue the Holy Sepulchre
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Stephen of Cloyes gave energetic speeches and gathered 30,000 French children
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">These were comprised of mainly boys under the age of 12, but also included many girls too
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Hunger eventually forced these kids to return home
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">At the same time, a German boy named Nicholas did the same thing
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">His army of 50,000 marched towards the Holy Land
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">They were captured and most were sold into slavery or died
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Very few ever made it home again

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Fake Picture of Stephen of Cloyes

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">The Fifth Crusade:
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Lasted from 1216-1220
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Led by rulers of Hungary and Cyprus
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Wasted all soldiers in Egypt and had no result

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">The Sixth Crusade:
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Launched in 1227
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Ended in 1229
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Spearheaded by Frederick II of Germany
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Secured Jerusalem and other Palestinian cities from the Saracens

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">The Seventh Crusade:
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Lasted 5 years: from 1249-1254
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Under the lead of French king Louis IX
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Sometimes called "The Saint"

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">The Eighth Crusade:
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Happened entirely in 1270
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Also led by Louis IX
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Attacked Tunis in North Africa
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Here, the King contracted the bubonic plague and died
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Nothing was affected by this Crusade

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">King Louis IX of France

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">The Ninth Crusade:
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Took place from 1271-1272
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Led by Prince Edward of England and King Edward I of England
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Captured Nazareth
 * <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Influenced the Sultan of Egypt to sign a treaty that was in the Christian's best interests