Byzantine Emperor under attack by Muslim Turks, Byzantine Emperor sends a message for help to the Pope in Rome, Pope Urban II gives an impassioned speech to free the Holy Land, Christians have a victory and establish the Crusader States, Saladin retakes Jerusalem and the County of Edessa, Crusaders attempt to retake Jerusalem but lose all Crusader states instead, 3 European kings lead a new Crusade. A treaty is signed by Saladin and Richard I, Italian Merchants sponser a new Crusade in exchange for control of certain trading cities, Constantinople is sacked and burned by Western European Crusaders.

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