---------------------------------+------------------------------------ _Eastern Europe and Asia Minor._ | _France and Spain._ ---------------------------------+------------------------------------ 873-867 Rupture between |880-888 Charles ‘the Fat’, Churches of East and | Emperor of the West. West. | 867-886 Emperor Basil I. | 885 Siege of Paris by the | Northmen. | 909 Foundation of Cluni. |898-929 Charles ‘the Simple’. |987-996 Hugh Capet, King of | France. | | | 1031 Break up of Caliphate of | Cordova. 1039 ‘Seljuk’ Turks conquer | Caliphate of Bagdad. | | | 1081-1118 Emperor Alexius | Commenus I. | 1096-1099 The First Crusade. | 1099 Capture of Jerusalem | by Crusaders. | 1118 Order of Templars | founded. | | 1138 St. Bernard attacks | Abelard. 1146-1149 Second Crusade. | 1153 Death of St. Bernard. 1187 Saladin takes |1180-1223 Philip II ‘Augustus’ of Jerusalem. | France. 1189-1192 Third Crusade. | | 1202 Fourth Crusade. | 1204-1261 Latin Empire of | 1204 Philip II conquers Constantinople. | Normandy. 1204-1260 Empire of Nicea. | 1209 Albigensian Crusade. | 1212 The Children’s Crusade. | 1312 Battle of Las Navas de | Tolosa. | 1214 Battle of Bouvines. | | 1228-1229 Crusade of |1226-1270 Louis IX of France (St. Frederick II. | Louis). | 1248-1256 Seventh Crusade. St. | 1230 Union of Leon and Castile. Louis invades Egypt | and Palestine. |