For 200 years, the fighting went on. Only the first of four Crusades, however, came close to achieving its goals. In 1099, Christians captured the city of Jerusalem. They followed the victory with a massacre of Muslim and Jewish inhabitants. Crusaders divided their conquered lands into four small states called the Crusader states. They divided these lands into feudal dominions. Muslim leaders tried to regain these kingdoms and this effort resulted in additional Crusades. SALADIN AND MUSLIM VICTORY: During the late 1100s, a respected Muslim leader, Saladin, united the Muslim world. Both Muslims and Christians admired and respected Saladin. However, when Saladin marched toward Jerusalem, the Christians were determined to stop him. THE TAKING OF JERUSALEM: A Christian victory did not occur, however. The Crusaders in Jerusalem surrendered. Saladin forbade his soldiers to kill, harm or steal from the defeated Crusaders. Richard the Lionhearted became king of England in 1189. He was determined to retake Jerusalem from Saladin. During the Third Crusade, Richard won several victories. Richard's forces advanced to within a few miles of Jerusalem, but were unable to take the city. END OF THE CRUSADES: Later Crusades also resulted in failure for the Christians. The Fourth Crusade was supposed to regain Jerusalem, but the knights were diverted. After helping Venetian merchants defeat their Byzantine trade rivals, the knights looted Constantinople itself. What had started as a war of Christians against Muslims ended in a battle between rival Christian factions. In Palestine, Muslims overran the crusader states. They captured Acre, the last city to fall, in 1291. This time the Muslims massacred Christian inhabitants after their victory. The first Crusade was a victory for Christians. However, what happened ​