history. Two of these areas include the Mesoamerican/Andes cultures in present day South America and Europe during the middle ages. The actual classes‚ or estates‚ differed for these two regions‚ but religion played a role in both social structures‚ and the system affected Mesoamerican as well as European women. Most cultures of the Mesoamerican region held four different classes‚ but medieval Europe only had three states. At the bottom of the Mesoamerican class system were the slaves‚ prisoners
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The Crusades were a series of Holy Wars launched by the Christian states of Europe against the Saracens and the rescuing of holy places of Palestine from the hands of the Mohammedans. (Alchin 1) There were eight Crusades in number; the first four were sometimes called the Principal Crusades‚ and the remaining four were the called the Minor Crusades. (Alchin 1) The Principal Crusades‚ however‚ were considered to be the most important. (Alchin 1) The Principal Crusades started because of key people
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The Crusades were “wars fought to regain holy land from the Muslims” (Perry‚ Chase and Jacob). These Crusades were fought by the Christians. The first Crusade was started by Pope Urban II in 1095 and in 1099 it resulted in a successful capture of Jerusalem. The second Crusade was to recapture the city of Edessa from the Muslims‚ and were humiliated and failed. The third Crusade was to recapture Jerusalem from the Muslims‚ which also failed due to illness. The fourth Crusade was to again‚ try to take
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The First Crusade What was the cause for Western Europe to implement the Crusades? To answer this‚ we must go back the 11th century when the Seljuk Turks made their presence known in the east by conquering Armenia‚ Syria‚ and Palestine. They soon moved on to Jerusalem where they burned down Christian churches and murdered the clergy and many Christian pilgrims visiting there. Byzantium quickly saw the Seljuk Turks as a threat‚ and in 1071‚ met them at the Battle of Manzikert in Asia Minor. The
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Araspreet Kaur February 19‚ 2013 Mr. Sakowich Period 7 Medieval Churches The Medieval Church had a large role in the Middle Ages and everyone’s daily life revolved around the church. In the Middle Ages‚ when there was a weakened government‚ the church rises in power and becomes more of a political role. The church had all control over the people. Peasants worked for no pay on the church land. Also‚ the church didn’t pay any taxes which saved them a lot of money making them
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To what extend did the European leaders recapture the holy land from Saladin in the third crusade? Forty years after the failure of the Second Crusade‚ Richard I of England‚ Philip II of France and 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
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"Children ’s Crusade" The "Children ’s Crusade" is one of the more extraordinary events found in Medieval England. The "Children ’s Crusade" was set after the Fourth Crusade. By the closing stages of the Fourth Crusade (1202 to 1204)‚ it was obvious that the Christian crusaders had added no lasting achievement. Actually‚ the Fourth Crusade had been a tragedy for the Christians as a lot of crusaders had not even got to the Holy Land let unaided struggle for Jerusalem and a lot of Christians had used
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The crusades were an astonishing and remarkable phenomenon which employed an authoritative influence on European growth and expansion over a period of several Centuries. The Study of crusades has extended swiftly in the last 50 years‚ encompassing the study of military excursions from Middle East to the Western Europe between 1095 and 1291. The First Crusade was acknowledged its shape and name late. To the contemporaries‚ the occasion was a voyage and the men who participated in it were called the
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~~~FIRST CRUSADE - After the Normans had settled in France and conquered England‚ both France and England‚ and also the Holy Roman Empire‚ were stronger than they had been since the time of Charlemagne. Their kings and queensbegan to think‚ as he had‚ of reconquering the whole Mediterranean and recreating the Roman Empire. In particular‚ they wanted to take Jerusalem‚ the city ofJesus Christ‚ away from the Islamic Fatimids who were ruling it. In 1095 AD Pope Urban made a great speech at Clermont
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The First Crusade The First Crusade was the first of a number of crusades which were endeavors made by the Christians to invade and regain the Holy Lands. The First Crusade began in 1095‚ when Emperor Alexius I of the Byzantine Empire arranged a meeting with Pope Urban II to ask for advice and assistance to defend the Byzantine empire. After this meeting‚ Pope Urban II realized that they had an opportunity to organize and recapture the Holy Lands. Consequently‚ the Pope called for a meeting of the
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