The shadow of war between Christian and Muslim hangs over us today, but it is awar that began nearly a thousand years ago. By the close of the 11th century, Jerusalem had been in Muslim hands for over 400 years.
EPISÓDIO 1
The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross, Part 1
In 1095, Pope Urban II launched an unprecedented military campaign to seize back Jerusalem from Muslim hands. Christian warriors would spend years fighting to reclaim the Holy City in the name of God.
EPISÓDIO 2
The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross, Part 2
In 1099 the Crusaders took Jerusalem, wrenching it back from the Muslims for the first time in 400 years. But over the decades that followed, the Islamic world dreamed of fighting back.
