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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traveling pilgrims‚ who left Germany to visit the Holy Land. The founding of the hospital was funded by rich German brothers and knights‚ which was led by Duke Frederick Hohenstaufen‚ son of Frederick Barbarossa‚ Emperor of Germany. After the Jerusalem conquest of Saladin‚ this establishment was soon broken up due to the foul control of the retched Heathens. During the Third Crusade‚ German pilgrims from Bremen and Lübec and the Duke of Holstein established a temporary hospital under the besieged
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of Rome. Berkeley: University of California Press‚ 1984. Herzog‚ Chaim and Gichon‚ Mordechai. Battles of the Bible. New York: Random House‚ 1978. Hoffer‚ Eric. The True Believer. New York: Harper and Row‚ 1951. _______. I and II Maccabees in the Jerusalem Bible. Alexander Jones‚ ed.‚ New York: Doubleday and Company‚ 1966. Keller‚ Werner. The Bible as History. New York: William Morrow and Company‚ 1981. Learsi‚ Rufus. Israel: A History of the Jewish People. New York: The World Publishing Company‚ 1949
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Myths‚ rituals‚ and symbols are very important in the Islamic religion. One of the most important myths is the Isra and Mi’raj‚ which are the two parts of a Night Journey that Muslims believe the prophet Muhammad took in one night around the year 621. It is considered a physical and spiritual journey. It is written in Sura 17 of the Koran and the Hadith‚ which are supplemental writings about the life of Muhammad. In this journey‚ Muhammad travels on the steed Buraq to the farthest mosque where
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duality of religion and the horror religion can bring. Thousands upon thousands fought and died‚ not for king or country‚ but under God. The kingdoms of Christendom united under the common goal of retaking the holy land and driving the Muslims from Jerusalem. The crusades were by no means a small affair; it was the first time since the collapse of the Western Roman Empire that Europe became organized against a common threat. This holy war served not only as a way to guarantee relative peace throughout
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Fatimid rulers of Egypt. Both of these Muslim entities now had strong presences in the Holy Land and its surrounding regions‚ though the Seljuks had fallen into disunity and division by the 1090’s. One faction of the original group was in control of Jerusalem itself in 1095 when the Council of Clermont was held. Some Christians were offended by the idea of these Muslims having authority over what they knew as the “Holy Land”; The
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called together the Council of Clermont to assemble the Franks to march unto the Holy Land to defend their Christian honor and to eradicate the infidels that littered the land. However‚ the Muslims did not see this as a mere defense of honor‚ but a siege of brute force by evil men doing nothing but the opposite of God’s work. The year is 1095 and Pope Urban II brings together the race of the Franks to deliver his Call to Crusade where he urges‚ in convincing detail‚ the Christian men to
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different religious groups (primarily Muslims and Jews) and political entities interpret the image of the Dome. In doing so‚ I hope to uncover the significant factors of the image that have historically maintained controversy and conflict within Jerusalem‚ as well as abroad. Before we begin to analyze the traditional
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Ebonee Plummer HIS 101 Dr. Kevin Greene November 21‚ 2013 8.4 Fulcher of Chartres‚ “Pope Urban II’s Speech at Clermont” As the crusades began‚ Christians gathered to hear the insightful speech given by Pope Urban II in which he was able take unruly knights and give them a common enemy to fight. The enemies were the Muslims and Turks who were attacking the Byzantine Empire and the Holy Land. Urban II’s speech gave insights to the knightly class who were engaging in warlike tendencies and encouraged
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The Crusades were a series of religiously sanctioned military campaigns waged by much of Western Christian Europe‚ particularly the Franks of France and the Holy Roman Empire. The specific crusades to restore Christian control of the Holy Land were fought over a period of nearly 200 years‚ between 1095 and 1291. There are several reasons for the Crusades‚ but the importance and relevance of some are debated by scholars even to this day. (NEW PARAGRAPH) In the Middle Ages‚ Christians considered
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