The official First Crusade
The first Crusade was started to help the Byzantines to deal with invading Seljuk Turks in modern Turkey. However an additional goal, reconquering Jerusalem and the Holy Land, soon became the primary purpose of the Crusade.
The Second Crusade took place from 1147-1149. It began after Muslim Turks recaptured one of the Crusader states. This crusade ended in defeat for the Crusaders largely because the French and German armies failed to work together.Until the late 1100s, other Crusader states remained under European control. Muslim armies failed to retake them because Muslims in Palestine and Egypt did not work together. By 1187, Saladin, a skilled military and political Muslim leader, had united Egypt, Syria Palestine, and parts of Southwest Asia in a single state.
The leading city of Asia Minor was Ephesus.
Asia Minor is now known as Turkey
Because that part of Asia was considered the smaller, or minor, part of the continent.
The first Crusade was the most successful because the crusaders recaptured Asia MInor for an Eastern emperor named Alexius Comenus, Jerusalem, and a strip of land along the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea
created four states: the Kingdom of Jerusalem in palestine,the county of edessa and the principality of antioch in Asia Minor,and the county of Tripoli where Lebanon is located today.
1096
conquest of asia minor by the Seljuk turks
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The official date for the First Crusade was the 15th August 1096, (the date of the Feast of the Assumption). But, before this some unexpected armies of peasants and minor nobles left for Jerusalem, led by Peter the Hermit and Walter Sansavior, this became known as the Peoples Crusade. Unfortunately most of them were killed in a battle at Civetot. The main army of Crusaders reached what was known as Asia Minor in that time around April 1097, where they were joined by Peter the Hermit and the remains of the Peoples Crusade Army, (Walter Sansavior being one of those already killed).
In 1099, the First Crusade culminated with the capture of Jerusalem by the Crusaders, marking a significant event in their campaign to reclaim the Holy Land from Muslim control. Prior to this, they had indeed engaged in various battles across Asia Minor, facing both local forces and the Seljuk Turks. The successful siege of Jerusalem on July 15, 1099, was a pivotal moment, as it established Christian rule over the city and solidified the Crusaders' foothold in the region. This marked the end of the main military objectives of the First Crusade, shifting focus to the governance of newly acquired territories.
The first Crusade was started to help the Byzantines to deal with invading Seljuk Turks in modern Turkey. However an additional goal, reconquering Jerusalem and the Holy Land, soon became the primary purpose of the Crusade.
No. Jerusalem is located in southwest Asia.
Asia.