The Crusades, 1095–1291
Crusades timeline and maps
The Crusades, 1095–1291 told in 12 chapters on an interactive situation map, with 15 dated maps and 40 battles, turning points and sites of memory, each drawn where it happened. This page is the index: every chapter, map and place as its own page.
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The chapters
Causes of the First Crusade
CHAPTER 1 · 1095
First Crusade
CHAPTER 2 · 1099
Crusader states (Outremer)
CHAPTER 3 · 1150
Knights Templar and Hospitallers
CHAPTER 4 · 1150
Second Crusade
CHAPTER 5 · 1147
Saladin and the fall of Jerusalem
CHAPTER 6 · 1187
Third Crusade
CHAPTER 7 · 1191
Fourth Crusade
CHAPTER 8 · 1204
Crusades beyond the Holy Land
CHAPTER 9 · 1212
Fifth to Eighth Crusades
CHAPTER 10 · 1229
Fall of the crusader states
CHAPTER 11 · 1271
Legacy of the Crusades
CHAPTER 12 · 1291
Crusades maps by year
Battles, events and sites of memory
● Alexios IV’s offer to the crusaders✕ Battle of Ain Jalut✕ Battle of Arsuf✕ Battle of Cresson✕ Battle of Dorylaeum✕ Battle of Hattin✕ Battle of Jaffa✕ Battle of La Forbie✕ Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa✕ Battle of Mansura✕ Battle of Manzikert● Bernard preaches the Second Crusade● Conquest of Toledo● Council of Clermont● Death of Frederick Barbarossa◆ Execution of the Acre prisoners◆ Fall of Acre◆ Fall of Antioch◆ Fall of Tripoli● Founding of the Knights Templar● Frederick II regains Jerusalem● Krak des Chevaliers◆ Massacre at Béziers● Northern Crusades◆ Rhineland massacres● Richard the Lionheart takes Cyprus◆ Sack of Constantinople● Saladin takes Jerusalem✕ Siege of Antioch✕ Siege of Ascalon✕ Siege of Damascus● Siege of Damietta● Siege of Edessa◆ Siege of Jerusalem● Siege of Krak des Chevaliers✕ Siege of Nicaea● Siege of Seville● Siege of Tunis◆ Siege of Zara● Treaty of Venice
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Study and test
Crusades questions and answers
Crusades quiz
The printable study guide
IB History notes: The Crusades
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