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MAHOMET
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The Caliphate of Cordova was broken up into smaller governments, the last of which. the kingdom of Granada, endured until its subjugation by Ferdinand in 1492
The Moorish Mahometans were finally expelled from Spain in 1609

RECORD IN BRIEF OF THE EIGHT CRUSADES

I. Crusade of 1095 ended by Jerusalem being taken by assault and Godfrey of Bouillon made king 1099
II. Crusade preached by St. Bernard in 1146. headed by Emperor Conrad II and Louis VII of France: Crusaders beaten and Jerusalem taken by Saracens 1187
III. Barbarossa crusade 1189 to 1192
IV. Crusade by Emperor Henry VI 1202 to 1204
V. Crusade by Innocent III 1218 to 1221
VI. Barbarossa obtained possession of Jerusalem 1223
VII. Crusade by Louis IX 1248
He was defeated and taken prisoner at Mansourah, April 5, 1250, released by ransom and there was a truce of ten years.
VIII. Last crusade by Louis IX 1270
Christians driven out of Syria 1291