Untitled Haiku Deck by Eric Rodriguez

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Untitled Haiku Deck

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Born 1035, France. Died 1099, Rome. Became Pope in 1088. Initiator of the Crusades. Called for a Crusade to reconquer the Christian Holy Lands in 1095 at the Council of Clermont in France. Also sought to unify the Western Latin and eastern Greek Catholic churches, pursuing the unity of all Christendom. The First Crusade succeeded in the seizure of Jerusalem in 1099, but Urban's effort to unify the two branches of the Church failed.

Born 1137 or 1138 in Tikrit, Mesopotamia, (now Iraq). Died 1193, Damascus. Although born a Kurd he became the greatest of Arab leaders, uniting the lands of Egypt and Syria in the 12th century. He led Arab armies in a successful campaign against the European Crusaders in late 12th century.

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Born 1157 Oxford, England; died 1199, Aquitaine, France. Son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Became Duke of Aquitaine and Poitiers, and King of England. A hero of romantic legend for his leadership of the Third Crusade, he arrived in the Holy Land in 1191 and achieved a series of quick victories over the forces of Saladin in the coastal cities of the eastern Mediterranean. But he failed to conquer Jerusalem. Richard halted his assault on that city in 1192 and negotiated a peace and his own withdrawal.

Born 1432, Thrace. Died 1481 near Constantinople. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire twice, from 1444 to 1446, and from 1451 to 1481. During his second preign he captured Constantinople, ending the Byzantine Empire, and establishing the Ottoman state as a major power on the Mediterranean. He also consolidated Ottoman hold over all of Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) and over key te

Born 1494 or 1495, died 1566 in Hungary. Ruling the Ottoman Empire as Sultan from 1520 to 1566, he expanded the empire to nearly its farthest reaches. He seized Belgrade in 1521 and much of Hungary by 1526. Suleiman set siege to Vienna in 1529, but was not successful in seizing the Habsburg city.

Born 1500 Ghent; died 1558, Spain. Ruled as King of Spain, leader of the Habsburg Empire in the Netherlands and Austria, and Holy Roman Emperor, 1519 to 1556. Grandson of the Spanish monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, who expelled all Arabs and Jews from Spain in 1492, the same year they financed Columbus's first expedition to the New World.