Timeline+of+the+Crusades

The crusades was a war that had multiple reasons to fight. The crusades was a war of religion. People fighted for their religion and to gain a "free pass" into heaven. **The Crusades ** The first crusade: 1096- 1099: to conquer the holy land. The second crusade: 1145- 1149: to recapture the holy land. The third crusade: 1189- 1192: to recapture the holy land again. The forth crusade: 1202- 1204: the capture of Constantinople. The fifth crusade: 1217- 1221: to establish a secure bade in Egypt. The sixth crusade: 1228: to recapture the holy land The seventh crusade: 1248- 1254: to regain the holy land. The eighth crusade: 1270- 1291: to convert Bay to Christianity and recapture the holy places in the holy land. The crusades began due to the fact that the Seljuk Turks became a big threat to the Byzantine empire.