still moved forth within their own boundaries. The First Crusade was a shining victory‚ taking Jerusalem out of Muslim control and achieving mass popularity with the people of Europe. Thanks to the achievement of the first Crusade‚ one of the results was the Templars‚ or Knights of the Temple‚ which created safe routes between Europe and the crusaders states and the defense of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Later results of the Crusades were extremely important to the longevity of the Europeans‚ even
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The Crusades were military expeditions planned and carried out by western European Christians. The crusades started around 1095. The purpose of these crusades was to overtake and gain control of the Holy Land from the Muslims. The Holy Land was Jerusalem and the Christians believed that gaining control of it was their fate. The pope would gather the people together and incite them. The origin of the crusades was a result of the expanding Turks in the Middle East. These Turkish forces invaded Byzantium
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Egypt‚ Jerusalem and other holy sites. After lunch we continue to Mt.Nebo‚ (Deut 34:1-7) the most revered site in Jordan. Mt. Nebo is presumed to be the site of Moses’s death and burial place. On top of the mountain is a Franciscan Church with beautiful 4th and 6th century mosaics. Visit the Serpent Monument near the Church. From a platform in front of the church you can take in a breathtaking view like Moses across the Jordan valley and the Dead Sea‚ Jericho to the rooftops of Jerusalem and Bethlehem
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of the 11th century couldn’t do. The Ottoman empire‚ the spiritual successor of the kingdom that stopped those knights of old‚ was blockading Europe from Asian trade. But more importantly‚ they still held the holy land. Manuel dreams of retaking Jerusalem. He sent Vasco Da Gama to sail across the coasts of Africa. His job was not to barge into Ottoman lands and go by brute force. Instead‚ he was to take the long way around. He would attempt to reach the real India and engage in trade. The spices of
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as a call to arms to reclaim Jerusalem and holy sites like the Church of the Holy Sepulcher where Jesus Christ was crucified and aide the Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus against the Shia Muslim Seljuk Turks‚ who had taken Anatolia after a series of victories over the Byzantine Empire including the Battle of Manzikert. These events were recorded by Alexius I’s daughter‚ Anna Comnena who wrote the story of her father’s life in her great work‚ the Alexiad. Jerusalem was controlled by the Fatimid
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to seize and defend Jerusalem from non-Christian groups. If they failed to do as commanded‚ they would lose God’s reward promised to them. The Crusaders had also shown their devotion through their intention to purify the earth (Thatcher and Holmes 514). They held a deep conviction that in attacking the Muslims and other non-Christians who were devoted to the pleasures of the world‚ they would be purifying the Lord’s land. They‚ therefore‚ intended to keep God’s land of Jerusalem
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Barbarossa leader of Germany all ended their conflicts to assist the Third Crusade (1189-1192). Saladin‚ who captured Jerusalem in 1187‚ had unified Syria and Egypt in the past‚ making him a very powerful adversary and an excellent military leader. Losing the Holy Land was too shameful for Christendom‚ so with the Pope ’s blessing‚ dozens of thousands of men marched toward Jerusalem under the three great kings. Saladin preferred to defend the city without bloodshed and offered generous terms‚ but
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gained a few hundred listeners. However‚ these select few witnessed one of the most influential speeches from the highest religious authority in the world. The pope’s doctrine was a proposal to travelling to and re-taking the holy city of Jerusalem‚ under the control of Muslims. His proposal was very popular and he easily gained support. This was the start of the first holy crusade. Upon the route they had chosen‚ the dedicated Christian warriors were about to sacrifice their entire
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The Roman empire was a period of various political and historical victories. One of those victories is the capturing of Jerusalem. Titus Vespasianus Augustus‚ born in Dec. 30‚ 39 ce—died Sept. 13‚ 81 ce‚ eldest son of once Roman emperor Vespasian‚ succeeded in conquering the city of Jerusalem in seventy CE (Titus‚ 2016). To commemorate this significant victory‚ his brother‚ Domitian‚ orchestrated the construction of the arch as a tribute. This arch is still standing today and is called the Arch of
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positions‚ politically and militarily. After the Templars were involved in several unsuccessful campaigns‚ including the pivotal Battle of the Horns of Hattin‚ Jerusalem was captured by Saladin’s forces in 1187. The Crusaders retook the city in 1229‚ without Templar aid‚ but held it only briefly. In 1244‚ the Khwarezmi Turks recaptured Jerusalem‚ and the city did not return to Western control until 1917 when the British captured it from the Ottoman Turks.[18] The Templars were forced to relocate their
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