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What happened to the Peopleās Crusade at Cibotus in 1096?
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Crusaders departing for the Holy Land, chromolithograph of a 15th-century illuminated manuscript.
In 1096, the Peopleās Crusade, a collection of less-organized bands of knights and peasants led by Peter the Hermit, was ferried across the Bosporus to Byzantine territory. While Peter was in Constantinople seeking additional aid, his army was ambushed by the Turks at Cibotus (also known as Civetot) and was all but annihilated.1