Major battles of crusades

Major meshings of crusadesThe common chord major battles of the crusades are the sieges of Antioch, Sidon, and Acre.This essay will explain the three major battles and its results. The battle of Antiochwas during the start crusade and was fought over the urban center of Antioch. Second is the siegeof Sidon during the Norse crusade. Finally is the siege of Acre where the crusaderstry to gain control of Jerusalem.The first major battle is the battle of Antioch. This siege occurred in the firstcrusade. The major leaders of this crusade were Godfrey of Bouillon, Bohemund ofTaranto, and Raymond IV of Toulhouse. The major leaders of the Seljuk Turks wereYaghi Siyan, Kerbogha, and Toghtekin. The Crusaders arrived just outside the metropolis ofAntioch at the Orontes River. curtly after this the army under Duqaq of Damascusarrived. These armies attacked the crusaders and came to aid and relieve the city ofAntioch. Also one of the major crusader leaders became sick and there was a earth quake.Not to mention there was also a great famine, and many of the crusaders were starving.Next in May 1908 a Seljuk Turk army approached under a Muslim named Kerbogha.While the Muslim approached the crusader army became desperate. So Bohemund acrusader leader came into contact with Fiouz a Seljuk Turk inside the city to movehim to open the gates. Fiouz told Bohemund to plan a siege at night and to scale the citieswalls and he would open the gates. The crusaders did exactly what he said and he kept original to his word and opened the gates. As a massacre occurred the crusaders gainedcontrol over the city.Finally, is the second siege even though the crusaders had most of the controlover the city the Muslim army under Kerbogha had just arrived. The Seljuk Turksformed there own siege over the city. The crusaders decided to come out of the city and impudence the advancing armies. Kerbogha thought his army outnumbered the crusaders but asthey started to fire armies retreated therefore the Crusaders actually outnumbered theTurks. Seeing this the Muslims retreated and the Crusaders won.The outcome of the first crusade was the Norwegian Crusade in which the siegeof Sidon took place. The leaders of the Norwegian Crusade were Sigurd the Norwegianking and Baldwin I of Jerusalem. Today Sidon is Lebanon. Also Skulason gives a validdescription of the battle. The Norsemens king, the skalds relate, Has taen the non-Jewtown of Saetthe slinging engine with dread noise Gables and roofs with stones destroys.The town wall totters too,-it falls The Norsemen mount the blackened walls. He whostains red the ravens bill, has won,-the town lies at his will. The elan the Crusadersattacked the city was the Norwegians attacked by sea and Baldwins army attacked byland. The city of Sidon fell to the Crusaders after only forty-seven days.Last of all, is the Third crusade. This Crusade includes the two year siege of Acrethe seaport of Jerusalem. The commanders on the crusaders side are Ri chard, Phillip,Guy, Robert, and Gerard. The commanders of the opposing army were Saladin. While thecrusaders were running into problems Saladin was unifying the Muslim world. At thebattle of Hattin Saladin determinedly thwarted the Crusaders. Now the Crusaders onlycontrol take Tyre, Tripoli, and Antioch. After Europe found out the loss of Jerusalem therewas an order for a new crusade. Then Guy led his army outside the city of Acre. Wherehe set up camp and waited for reinforcements. Saladin moved to the east to confront theCrusader army. As they fought the Crusaders lost only ten thousand men. Even thoughSaladins army partially won they could not afford to push the crusaders back more withanother battle.In conclusion, those were the results of the three sieges. The three major pointsare the siege of Antioch, Sidon and Acre. The first Siege which was the siege of Antioch.The Crusaders successfully captured the city of Antioch. Second is the NorwegianCrusade in the attempt to capture the city of Sidon which was successfully done in justforty-seven days. Lastly, The third crusade during this time they tried to captured the cityof Acre. Even though there attempts to capture the city fell the still succeeded a little.