Crusaders Take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre: Jerusalem Is Christian Again
Crusader soldiers stormed Jerusalem's walls and seized the Church of the Holy Sepulchre after a five-week siege, fulfilling the stated goal of the First Crusade. The conquest was accompanied by a massacre of the city's Muslim and Jewish inhabitants that shocked even contemporary chroniclers. The establishment of the Kingdom of Jerusalem reshaped the political and religious landscape of the Middle East for nearly two centuries.
July 15, 1099
927 years ago
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