This post is on the first Crusade. You are probably wondering what the Crusades were? The Crusades began in 1095 when the pope commanded (because the Muslim wouldn't let European pilgrims go to Jerusalem) that the knights in England, France, Holy Roman Empire, Spain, etc, to capture Jerusalem. But when the Knights were geting ready to fight, a man named Peter the Hermit was saying that peasants could fight so before the knights attacked a whole bunch of peasants attacked the Holy Land. It was a disaster. Many peasants died on the way and the some that made it there were killed by Muslim warriors. When the knights actually did attack it was harder then they thought. The Muslims kept ambushing them and poisoned the wells. When they finally did conquer Jerusalem they were so mad they killed every Muslim in sight.
It was wrong that the Crusaders massacred the Muslims in Jerusalem. But it was wrong that the the Muslims didn't let Christian pilgrims in their land. I think the Crusaders were a bunch of silly wars. It was a dumb reason to fight.
And that was the first Crusade.
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