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Due to internal bickering, many of the Crusaders did not continue on to [[Jerusalem]].  The force that arrived in June 1099 was only about 12,000 strong, far fewer than the army of defenders.  They sieged the city from June 9 to July 18.  Realizing they didn't have enough men to keep out supplies and starve the defenders, they boldly attacked.  Overrunning the city, many of the inhabitants were massacred, including other Christians.  A relieving force of 50,000 strong arrived in August to fight the Crusaders, but were routed at the [[Battle of Ascalon]].  The military aspects of the First Crusade had ended.

Due to internal bickering, many of the Crusaders did not continue on to [[Jerusalem]].  The force that arrived in June 1099 was only about 12,000 strong, far fewer than the army of defenders.  They sieged the city from June 9 to July 18.  Realizing they didn't have enough men to keep out supplies and starve the defenders, they boldly attacked.  Overrunning the city, many of the inhabitants were massacred, including other Christians.  A relieving force of 50,000 strong arrived in August to fight the Crusaders, but were routed at the [[Battle of Ascalon]].  The military aspects of the First Crusade had ended.

Four feudal kingdoms were established, which would remain for nearly 100 years.  Several Military Orders, consisting of [[paladin]]s, were also set up within the next few years, focusing mainly around the protection of the welfare of pilgrims and the defense of Christendom within the framework of an orgainsation that was both spiritual and martial in nature. The best known of these orders were the Knights of the Temple, or [[Templars]], and the Knights of the Hospital of St. John, or [[Hospitallers]]. The Hospitallers still exist today in the form of the Order of Malta and St. John's Ambulance.

Four feudal kingdoms were established, which would remain for nearly 100 years.  Several Military Orders, consisting of [[paladin]]s, were also set up within the next few years, focusing mainly around the protection of the welfare of pilgrims and the defense of Christendom within the framework of an organization that was both spiritual and martial in nature. The best known of these orders were the Knights of the Temple, or [[Templars]], and the Knights of the Hospital of St. John, or [[Hospitallers]]. The Hospitallers still exist today in the form of the Order of Malta and St. John's Ambulance.

== The Second Crusade ==

== The Second Crusade ==