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| 1113 |
| | The Knights of St John of Jerusalem become an established order under papal protection | |
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| 1120 |
| | The Knights Templar are founded, to protect pilgrims from the Muslims on the journey to Jerusalem | |
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| 1142 |
| | The great castle of Krak des Chevaliers is built in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem by the Knights of St John | |
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| 1144 |
| | The city of Edessa is captured by Zangi, a Mameluke general, in the first setback for the crusaders in the Middle East | |
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| 1144 |
| | The fall of Edessa prompts the pope, Eugenius III, to call for a second crusade to defend the Latin kingdom | |
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| 1145 |
| | A bishop in the crusader territories of the Middle East has news of a fabulously wealthy Christian king, Prester John | |
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| 1148 |
| | By the time Louis VII and Conrad III reach the Holy Land they have lost more than half their joint armies to Muslim attacks | |
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| 1148 |
| | Louis VII and Conrad III do grave harm to the Latin Kingdom by a feeble attack that merely alienates the previously friendly city of Damascus | |
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| 1154 |
| | The inhabitants of Damascus surrender their city to Nur ed-Din, helping him greatly in his campaign against the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem | |
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| 1187 |
| | Saladin destroys the Christian army of the Latin kingdom in a battle below the Horns of Hattin | |
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