How Did The Crusades Achieve Their Mission

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The Crusades were the wars and military expeditions of the Christians and Muslims. The Christians were fighting to regain Jerusalem, “the Holy Land” which was under the control of the Muslims . Most of the land around the Holy land had also been captured by the Muslims . The Crusades started when Pope Urban II pleaded to the people to go to war to regain what belonged to the Christians. This was just the start of the deaths and wars for the many years to come. The Crusades started in 1096 and ended in 1300. The first Crusades achieved their mission in 1099 when they successfully regained control of the Holy Land, The Muslims then vowed to fight back to regain control. After the Crusades won back the territory they would lose it again, but