𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱.

The first Crusade began in 1095;

•460 years after the first Christian city was overrun by Muslim armies.

•443 years after Muslims plundered Italy.

•427 years after Muslim armies first laid siege to the Christian capital of Constantinople.

•380 years after Spain was conquered by Muslim armies

•363 years after France was first attacked by Muslim armies.

•249 years after the capital of the Christian world, Rome itself, was sacked by a Muslim army.

By the time the Crusades finally began, Muslim armies conquered two-thirds of the Christian world.

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