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c. 1090 CE - c. 1256 CEThe Assassins (aka Nizari Ismailis) occupy mountain castles in Syria, Iran and elsewhere.
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1095 CE - 1102 CEThe First Crusade is formed to recapture Jerusalem for Christendom. It is successful in its primary aim.
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3 Jun 1098 CEThe First Crusaders capture Antioch after an 8-month siege.
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15 Jul 1099 CEJerusalem is captured during the First Crusade.
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Sep 1099 CEThe Crusader state, the Kingdom of Jerusalem is created.
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17 May 1101 CECaesarea is captured by the Crusaders.
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26 May 1101 CEAcre is captured by the Crusaders.
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c. 1119 CEFoundation of the military order the Knights Templar.
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1144 CE
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24 Dec 1144 CEThe Muslim Seljuk Turks, led by Imad ad-Din Zangi, capture Edessa.
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1147 CE - 1149 CEThe Second Crusade is launched to recapture Edessa for Christendom. It is not successful.
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25 Oct 1147 CEAt Dorylaion a force of Muslim Seljuk Turks attacks an army led by Conrad III during the Second Crusade.
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29 Jun 1149 CEThe Muslim Seljuk leader Nur al-Din captures Crusader-held Antioch.
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Jul 1149 CEA new Church of the Holy Sepulchre is completed in Jerusalem.
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1150 CEEnd of the County of Edessa.
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1152 CERaymond II, the Count of Tripoli, is murdered by the Assassins.
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1186 CE - 1192 CEGuy of Lusignan reigns as king of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
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3 Jul 1187 CE - 4 Jul 1187 CE
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1189 CE - 1192 CEThe Third Crusade is formed with the aim of recapturing Jerusalem for Christendom. Although some cities were recaptured, Jerusalem was not one of them.
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Aug 1189 CE - Jul 1191 CEThe siege of Acre during the Third Crusade.
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12 Jul 1191 CERichard I of England captures Acre during the Third Crusade.
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28 Apr 1192 CEConrad of Montferrat, king of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, is murdered by the Assassins.
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1202 CE - 1204 CEThe Fourth Crusade is formed to recapture Jerusalem for Christendom. Instead, the Crusaders attack Constantinople.
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May 1203 CEA small force of Crusader knights arrives in the Middle East during the Fourth Crusade.
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17 Oct 1244 CEAn army of the Ayyubid dynasty defeats a large Latin army at the battle of La Forbie (Harbiya) in Gaza.
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8 Apr 1271 CEAl-Zahir Baibars, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, captures the Knights Hospitaller castle of Krak des Chevaliers.
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1291 CEWith the fall of Acre, the Crusader States, including the Kingdom of Jerusalem, are absorbed into the Mamluk Sultanate.
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18 May 1291 CEAcre, the last Christian stronghold in the Middle East, falls to the Mamluks.
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