to torture people for information. The Christian Church also became a symbol of military power with the launching of the Crusades because it could send armies to far off lands‚ including Jerusalem and Constantinople (Document 4). The Fourth Crusade ended at Constantinople because they could not make it to Jerusalem. Pope Urban II‚ with the launching of the Crusades‚ was also able to grant people promises and slander other religions. He granted people “ Remission for sins and… imperishable glory in
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Pope Urban II’s decision to launch the First Crusades altered Medieval Europe politically‚ socially‚ and economically. The Pope stressed the religious and economic importance of the Eastern churches and Jerusalem that had both been taken over by Muslim Turks. Previously Vikings and Muslims had been attempting to invade most Western European countries and were troubling them but were soon defeated. All across Europe countries were economically recovering and looking for ways to expand. With the growth
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The general setting in the New Testament is the Roman Empire. This is the world that the writings of the New Testament are born in and interact with. The Roman Empire provides a political‚ economic‚ societal‚ and religious framework for the New Testament’s claims‚ language‚ structure‚ and scenes. The Roman Empire was being run by Augustus Caesar around the time of Jesus’ birth‚ around 5 or 6 B.C. Luke 2:1 tells us‚ “And it came to pass in those days‚ that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus
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to Judaism because it represented in essence God’s home in the human world. Located in the Holy of the Holies of Solomon temple‚ the Ark not only was the spiritual connection for all the Jewish religion‚ but the Ark also helped create the city of Jerusalem by creating at the time a permanent home for God causing people to migrate near the city and forming the first united monarchy for Israel. Today due to the tensions between Jews and Muslims‚ the Jews are not permitted to pray at the hilltop site
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economic gain? Christians and Muslims fought in a series of wars for nearly 200 years. The drive to gain control of the Holy Land was the biggest motivation. Christians wanted the Holy Land because this was where Jesus lived. The Muslims also wanted Jerusalem because this was where Muhammad preached. The biggest debate about the crusades is whether it was caused by political and economic gain‚ I believe the biggest motivation was for religious devotion. I believe that the crusades were started
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ramming and boarding opposing ships was possible. The weapons used in this type of warfare was the ship itself used as a battering ram‚ bow and arrow and cross bows. The first effective use of gunpowder in naval warfare was by the Venetians during the Siege of Chioggia (1379-80). One of the problems that came up when trying to utilize gunpowder weapons on ships was that the saltpeter in early European gunpowder contained calcium nitrate. The calcium nitrate absorbed atmospheric moisture which
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State at Edessa. They captured Antioch. Disagreements over the rule of Antioch slowed their progress and split their forces‚ but in August 1098 crusaders reached Jerusalem and the attack lasted over a month‚ by then its keepers surrendered. One of the brothers died‚ Godfrey‚ so Baldwin became the first King of the Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem. * European lords worked to keep rule over Edessa (when a crusader state was attacked‚ the Holy Order of Knights fought back). In the second crusade (1147-1149)
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Maysa Dandis Professor Roffel English 200 September 28‚ 2013 The Old City of Jerusalem King Abdullah II once said”I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions”. The old city of Jerusalem represents many of fascinated religious and archeological landmarks. I went there when I was 13 years old. Anyone visited this city certainly he would visit the holy places for Muslims‚ Christians and Jews‚ met people divided in a different uneven quarters‚ taste the most delicious
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Levant (632–661)‚ ultimately resulting in the recapture of Jerusalem in 1099. It was launched on 27 November 1095 by Pope Urban II with the primary goal of responding to an appeal from Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos‚ who requested that western volunteers come to his aid and help to repel the invading Seljuq Turks from Anatolia. An additional goal soon became the principal objective—the Christian reconquest of the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land and the freeing of the Eastern Christians
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to have the city of Jerusalem as Christian property as it was where their God was crucified. However‚ the aspect of political gain and economic benefit were an additional advantage when participating in the Crusade. One of the factors in causing the Crusades was political gain and economic benefit. As well as religious devotion‚ political gain and economic benefit played a part in the Crusades. The first Crusade call from Pope Urban the second was done to reclaim back Jerusalem from their religion
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