The First Crusade: 1099 Historical Battle for Jerusalem | Total War Battle

The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious wars initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin Church in the Middle Ages. The objective was the recovery of the Holy Land from Islamic rule. While Jerusalem had been under Muslim rule for hundreds of years, by the 11th century the Seljuk takeover of the region threatened local Christian populations, pilgrimages from the West, and the Byzantine Empire itself. Four Crusader states were established in the Holy Land: the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the County of Edessa, the Principality of Antioch, and the County of Tripoli. The Crusader's presence remained in the region in some form until the loss of the last major Crusader stronghold in the Siege of Acre in 1291. After this loss of all Crusader territory in the Levant, there were no further substantive attempts to recover the Holy Land.

00:00 Introduction
00:22 The Seljuks
01:12 The Crusader army
01:45 The Crusaders arrive in Constantinople
02:38 The March to Nicaea
03:23 The Battle for Nicaea
05:11 The Crusaders take Nicaea
05:29 The March to Dorylaeum
06:10 Crusaders attacked on the march
07:31 The March to Antioch
08:10 The Siege of Antioch
09:38 The Sack of Antioch
10:30 The Seljuks lay siege to the Crusaders
11:27 The Crusaders attack the Seljuks
12:33 The time in Antioch
13:13 The March to Jerusalem
14:18 Jerusalem
15:00 The Crusaders arrive at Jerusalem
15:53 The First Assault
17:29 The Siege continues
18:08 The Final Assault
20:08 The Sack of Jerusalem
21:01 Aftermath