1095
Pope Urban II declares a crusade
to
retake the Holy Land
1098
First Crusaders take Antioch
1099
First Crusade takes Jerusalem
1144
Muslims take over Edessa
1148
Second Crusaders were defeated at Damascus
1169
Saladin becomes vizier of Egypt
1177
Saladin defeats the Christians at Jordan Valley
1187
Saladin takes Jerusalem
1190
Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa dies on
Crusade
1192
Richard the Lionhearted and Saladin reach a peace to
end the Third Crusade
1193
Saladin dies
1204
The Fourth Crusade seizes Constantinople and starts
the Latin Empire
1228
Emperor Frederick II captures Jerusalem
1244
Jerusalem is retaken by the Muslims
