1099-1291 CE - The Crusades Acting on the orders of Pope Urban II, Christians from Europe embark on a series of Crusades to Palestine to conquer the Holy Places from the Moslem "infidels." They murder many Jews on their way. Jerusalem becomes the capital of a Crusader state that is re-captured in 1187 by the famous Muslim warrior Salah a-Din and finally recaptured again from the Crusaders in 1244 by the Sultan of Egypt. About the Picture: Montfort, a magnificent Crusader castle, is built on a high rock, overlooking Nahal Keziv. 8000-4000 BCE 3000-1200 BCE 1700 1200-600 BCE 587-332 BCE 520 BCE 332-63 BCE 166 BCE 63-324 CE 6-3 BCE 66 CE 68 CE 132-135 CE 135-324 CE 324-638 CE 614 CE 638-1099 CE 1099-1291 CE 1291-1917 CE 1492 1517 1886 1918-1948 1948 1950-67 1968-1988 1974 1977 1982 1993 2000