How did the Crusader troops move to Jerusalem in the First Crusade? Why didn’t they choose a shorter route – from the coast of Lebanon?

In 1096-1097, the Byzantines arranged for the Crusaders to cross the Bosphorus. In subsequent campaigns, the crusaders did not have such help, but sailed by sea from the southern ports of France and Italy on the ships of Venice and Genoa.

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