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The First Crusade(1095-1099)To what extent this military action could be considered as successful

 * The military expedition of the crusders to re-capture the holy land of Jerusalem from the hands of Muslim rule.
 * In 1095 the raids to the territories of Byzantine Empire had increased by muslims and even allowed to establish the capital-Nicea which was not so far from the capital of the orthodoxy state-Constantinople. The ruler of the Byzantine Empire Alexis sent the message to the pope Urban II for sending the small army under 1000-5000 Christians. He did not realize that this leter would give rise to the one of the long lasting deeds declared by popes- Crusades.