The first Crusade happened because of many reasons. One of those reasons is because of a man named Peter the Hermit. Peter the Hermit was a man who preached of the Crusades and had a big part of the first one starting. He had many followers with him(followers were people who agreed and believed the same things he did. During the First Crusade the Crusaders traveled to Constantinaple. When they got there they were massacured by the Seljuk Turks.
The Crusaders later had victory over the Seljuks in 1097. This allowed the Byzantine Empire to rule western Europe. In 1098 Crusaders went to attack and took Antioch. A large amount of the army continued on to Palestine and took Jerusalem. Jerusalem was established along with the minor principalitties all along the easter coast of the Mediterraneam sea.
Thats really interesting, I did not even know that Peter the Hermit was one of the reasons of the crusades. I didnt even know who Peter the Hermit was.
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