The First Crusade was one of the most extraordinary, bloody and significant episodes in medieval history. It began with an ...

threatened by the rising power of the Muslim Seljuk Turks. But when Pope Urban II preached a sermon at Clermont in 1095, the result was unlike anything ever seen before. #EpicHistoryTV #Crusades ...

The First Crusade (1095-1099 ... On campaign, the crusaders’ main opponents were the Seljuk Turks. The Turks were originally a largely shamanistic and nomadic people who had migrated ...

As scholars of the Crusades have shown for several generations ... pressure from the highly divided Seljuk Turks, who were quite busy fighting one another as well as the Fatimids in Egypt.

The Crusades began in 1095 after Seljuk Turks took control of Jerusalem and began restricting access to Christian pilgrims. Pope Urban II called for a Christian army to retake the city from its Muslim ...

The First Crusade (1095-1099 ... On campaign, the crusaders’ main opponents were the Seljuk Turks. The Turks were originally a largely shamanistic and nomadic people who had migrated ...

The Crusades of course ... He goes further: a victory for Islam might well have encouraged the Seljuk Turks to invade Europe with greater success than they achieved in later centuries.

the crusaders’ main opponents were the Seljuk Turks. The Turks were originally a largely shamanistic and nomadic people who had migrated from the Central Asian Steppe region to conquer much of the ...