Last Crusade

Final holy war

The Last Crusade refers to the final major military expedition by European Christians to recapture the Holy Land from Muslim control, though historians disagree on which campaign deserves the title—usually the Ninth Crusade (1271-1272).

In popular culture, the phrase is best known from the 1989 film *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade*, where it suggests a final adventure or ultimate quest: This project has become my last crusade.

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