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Crusades V. War on terror
The crusades were a series of holy wars between the Christians and Musims fought on and off over a period of about 150 years.


 * The first crusade:** From 1096-1099. The first crusade involved many unskilled peasants fighting against fighting against German Jews. Many knights fought in this crusade but most of them were unprepared for the 3 year journey that was ahead of them. The siege of Jerusalem ended the first crusade in 1099, he Christians set up four crusade states in the holy land; Jerusalem, Edessa, Antioch, and Tripoli.




 * The second crusade:** From 1147-1149. The Muslims begin to retake the holy lands, in 1144 they took the city of Edessa. The second crusade was a failure for the Christians, they were not able to take back any land from the Muslims.