Crusades

I was able to sit down on today's date of 1095 AD with Pope Urban II.

Q- How did this all begin?

A- I just sent a group of knights called the Crusaders to try and take back over the Holy Land of Jerusalem.

Q- How did this work?

A- Well the first one worked well. Knights, barons and nobles willing to fight for what they believed in fought the Muslims to gain control of the holy land. We were only able to hold on for it for less than a hundred years, but that wasn't our last shot at trying to take back the holy land.

Q- Who fought and took Jerusalem from you?

A- A strong emperor names Saladin fought back with his strong Muslim army.

Q- How many more Crusades did you end up sending?

A- I sent a total of four, but none of them were a successful as our first one, it seems like we (Christians) kept on getting weaker and weaker.