First Crusade
1096–1099
Recorded HistoryFirst Crusade
An armed pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
From 1096 to 1099 the armies of the First Crusade marched from Europe to the eastern Mediterranean. Pope Urban II had called for it in 1095 to aid the Byzantine emperor and recover Jerusalem.
The crusaders took Jerusalem on 15 July 1099, which closes the period.
1096–1099, placed on the scale of its era on a line leading toward now.
- Period
- 1096–1099
- Edition
- 1/1
- Status
- Not Released
Background artwork
Cinematic background showing an army marching toward a walled city at sunrise. An illustration generated with an AI image tool for TIME. It is an artistic depiction, not a photograph or a record of the moment. The scene is imagined.