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| 1099 |
| | | Crusaders capture the holy city of Jerusalem and massacre the Muslim and Jewish inhabitants | |
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| c. 1109 |
| | | The crusaders now rule the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem, the principality of Antioch and the counties of Tripoli and Edessa | |
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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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| 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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| 1187 |
| | | Saladin destroys the Christian army of the Latin kingdom in a battle below the Horns of Hattin | |
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| 1187 |
| | | Saladin captures various Crusader fortresses and walled cities, including Acre | |
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