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The first crusade was the most successful from the military point of view. The Christian armies left in 1096 after Pope Urban II urged Christians to fight, and headed eastward toward Jerusalem and they devastated many towns and cities, and slaughter thousands of innocent people. The Christian armies captured Jerusalem and the surrounding land.
