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GCSE History · key term
The papally supported military expedition of 1147–1149, launched after the fall of Edessa to defend the Crusader states. Its principal campaign in the eastern Mediterranean failed.
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Revise: The Second CrusadeThe capture of Edessa by Zangi, ruler of Mosul and Aleppo, on 24 December 1144 was the immediate trigger for the Second Crusade. It showed that the gains of the First Crusade could be lost.
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