A pope's call sent European nobles and peasants flooding toward the Holy Land. Two centuries of slaughter later, the Crusaders had nothing to show for it—and Islam emerged stronger.
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From Oct 1097 to Jun 1098, the Crusaders besieged Antioch for 8 months; they were then besieged themselves until an inspired sally behind the 'Holy Lance' broke through.
After capturing Jerusalem, the First Crusaders massacred Muslim and Jewish inhabitants — an event that left deep trauma in the Islamic world and became a major source of jihadist ideology.
From Jun 7 to Jul 15, 1099, Crusaders besieged Jerusalem for 5 weeks, built siege towers despite water shortage, and breached on Jul 15; massacre followed.
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1148/7/24-28 第二次十字軍圍 Damascus 僅 4 日即撤退,Louis VII + Conrad III 無功而返,慘敗告終。
From Jul 24-28, 1148, the Second Crusade besieged Damascus only 4 days before retreating; Louis VII and Conrad III returned empty-handed.
Crusaders meant for the Holy Land sacked the Christian city of Constantinople, establishing the Latin Empire. This fatally weakened Byzantium, contributing to the Ottoman conquest in 1453.
1204/4/12 威尼斯操縱下第四次十字軍改道攻拜占庭首都,洗劫 3 日,建 Latin Empire;東正教與天主教裂痕加深。
On Apr 12, 1204, the Fourth Crusade (diverted by Venice) sacked Byzantine Constantinople for 3 days and set up the Latin Empire—widening the East-West schism.
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1219/11/5 第五次十字軍圍 18 個月後奪埃及 Damietta;教廷拒 Sultan al-Kamil 交還耶路撒冷的和約,軍隊 1221 撤退。
On Nov 5, 1219, the Fifth Crusade took Damietta after 18 months; the papal legate rejected Sultan al-Kamil's offer of Jerusalem; forces retreated in 1221.
Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II obtained Jerusalem through diplomacy rather than force — a rare medieval case of religious reconciliation, yet condemned by the Pope.
第七次·Louis IX 埃及遠征Seventh Crusade · Louis IX to Egypt
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1248 法王 Louis IX 率軍遠征埃及,1249 奪 Damietta 但 1250 在 Fariskur 戰敗被俘,贖金 40 萬 livres。
In 1248, French King Louis IX led the Seventh Crusade to Egypt; he took Damietta (1249) but was defeated and captured at Fariskur (1250), ransomed for 400,000 livres.
1271 英格蘭王子 Edward(後 Edward I)率小軍抵 Acre 短暫防禦,1272 父死歸國繼位;公認最後一次東方十字軍。
In 1271, English Prince Edward (later Edward I) led a small force to defend Acre; he returned in 1272 to take the throne. Considered the last major Levantine crusade.