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On Christmas Eve, troops led by Seljuq leader Zangi break the walls protecting Edessa, kill thousands of inhabitants, especially soldiers from the West, and send thousands more into slavery. The French cleric Bernard of Clairvaux is inspired by the catastrophe to promote a new Crusade.
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