Name: The Crusades
Duration: 177
Description: Christian knights waged a religious war against the Muslims in Jerusalem in an attempt to reclaim the Holy Land.

Christian knights waged a religious war against the Muslims in Jerusalem in an attempt to reclaim the Holy Land.

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