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Information on Specific Crusades

__First Crusade__ __Second Crusade__ __Third Crusade __
 * The massacre of 3000 Christian Pilgrims in Jerusalem prompted the first crusade
 * The threat of the Turks
 * The Council of Clermont led by Pope Urban II
 * The Second Crusade was from 1147-1149
 * Preaching of St. Bernard
 * The cause of the Second Crusade was The Fall and Massacre of Edessa
 * The Third Crusade and the capture of Jerusalem by Saladin in 1187
 * The capture of Acre in 1191
 * Truce between King Richard and Saladin

__ Fourth Crusade __
 * Fourth Crusade occured from 1202-1261
 * Constantinople rose and fell
 * The Crusaders and the Venetians were involved in the 4th Crusade

__ Childrens Crusade __
 * illustrates at once the religious enthusiasm and misdirected zeal which marked the whole crusading movement
 * The Childrens Crusade of 2012, The French Childrens Crusade, and The German Childrens Crusade are all Childrens Crusades
 * The Childrens Crusades marked the Decline of the Crusades