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The Crusaders were European Christians who undertook expedi-
tions from the end of the 11th century onwards to recover the Holy
Land (Palestine and the surrounding area) from the Muslims. They set
out with a so-called religious goal, yet they laid waste to each acre of
land they entered spreading fear wherever they went. They subjected
civilians along their way to mass executions and plundered many vil-
lages and towns. Their conquest of Jerusalem, where Muslims, Jews

and Christians lived under Islamic rule in peace, became the scene of
immense bloodshed. They massacred all the Muslims and Jews in the
city without mercy.