The Crusades were wars between Christians and Muslims‚ fought in Palestine. In 1071‚ Turkish Muslims captured Jerusalem. The Muslims stopped the Christians from visiting the holy places in Palestine. Naturally‚ Christian rulers in Europe were very angry about this. The Byzantine emperor in Constantinople asked the Pope to help him drive the Turks from the Holy Land. Peter the Hermit and the Pope started the first Crusade. Pope Urban II said that he would forgive the sins of all people who went and
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to submit to either particular God. It is the view of some that both are hypocritical in their practice because of the lack of true religious desire by either party. The crusades were not supported truly by the words of the religion‚ but the way Saladin handled
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It is the early 11th century and the Holy Land is controlled by the Seljuk Turks. The Holy Land and Jerusalem is in the middle of three continents as shown in the map below. The Turks not only attacked Christian areas in the Byzantine Empire‚ but they also attacked Christian pilgrims. Unable to defend his land by himself‚ Byzantine Emperor Alexius I Comnenus has asked Pope Urban II for help. Post Number 2: As a result to Pope Urban’s decision to help the Byzantine Empire by taking back the Holy
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knights of France to travel to the Holy. Land and liberate the city of Jerusalem and the Christians of the east from Muslim power—considered heathens and enemies of the Church. The response to Urban’s appeal was astounding; over 60‚000 people set out to recover the Holy Land and secure this reward and‚ in some cases‚ take the chance to set up new territories. Four years later‚ in July 1099‚ the survivors conquered Jerusalem by killing many people. While most of the knights returned home‚ the creation
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study. Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb or Saladin‚ as he has come to be called in western civilization‚ was the first Sultan of Egypt and Syria‚ and founded the Ayyubid dynasty. He led Muslim opposition to the Franks and other European Crusaders in the Levant and at the height of his power‚ ruled Egypt‚ Syria‚ Mesopotamia‚ Kurdistan‚ Hejaz‚ and Yemen. He defeat of the Crusaders at the Battle of Hattin‚ and subsequent re-capture of the holy city of Jerusalem‚ marks Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn as a prominent figure
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1270 Type of Conflict: Religious conflict and Health conflict Underlying causes: The reason for the crusades was a war between Christians and Muslims which centered around the city of Jerusalem. The City of Jerusalem held a Holy significance to the Christian religion. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem commemorated the hill of crucifixion and the tomb of Christ’s burial and was visited by Pilgrims. Also another underlying cause of the crusades was that the Turks had been making constant
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not only for Jerusalem but many reasons. They believed it would give them forgiveness of sins‚ a chance to travel and make money‚ defend the Byzantine Empire from the Turks‚ opportunity to get new land in the Middle East and opening trade routes between Europe and Middle East. There were nine crusades fought by Christians against Muslims in the Middle East. The first crusade began in 1096‚ which were mostly thieves and criminals. This was the first successful crusade in taking Jerusalem. Pope Urban
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Richard’s first acts as king‚ he declared that he was going on a crusade. This was a critical time in the Holy Land‚ as the Muslims had recaptured Jerusalem and the famous Saladin was unifying the entire region from Egypt to Turkey. Richard‚ Philip of France and Henry Barbarossa Holy Roman Emperor‚ all planned to respond to the need to recapture Jerusalem. This Third Crusade was known as the “crusade of kings” and potentially‚ it could have been as successful as the First Crusade. But it was not
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the effort.[2] The call to march and help out the eastern Christians was heard loud and clear. The people were ready to free them the Persians because their hearts where not directed to God[3]. The West marched on Constantinople and then towards Jerusalem‚ and liberated both them from the Muslims. This Campaign was considered a huge success and a victory for the Christians. The Second Crusade Unlike the first Crusade‚ the second was not considered as successful. This campaign started in 1145 under
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the battles were to take control of the Holy Land Jerusalem‚ and the battles were always bloody and many people died. Many of the people who fought in the crusades died for what they believed in. The crusades were a series of military expeditions there were a total of nine crusades‚ but the first four were seen as the most important. The crusades were taken on by Western European Christian armies in an attempt to regain the holy places around Jerusalem from the Muslim conquerors. The crusades were fought
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