The film “The Crusades: An Arab Perspective” is a TV series that was produced by Al Jazeera English which emphasizes the history of the holy war between crusaders and Islam. In the first place‚ the western European we know today was not the same in the 11th century. Europeans had no title of land and they were serfs who worked in agricultural lands. Most knights would rob people just to accumulate income. The church who had the power to govern wanted to conquer the Islam region. It was their calling
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Some view the Crusades as wars of bloodlust‚ greed‚ and power. War is an escalated conflict of interest usually over money and/or resources. The outcome of war is that one culture advances due to newly acquired resources or advancements made from the war. The Crusades‚ in principle‚ were originated to assist Constantinople from the onslaught of Seljuk Turks and free the Holy City of Jerusalem from the clutches of Muslim control. These events would create the most dramatic geopolitical upheaval until
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The crusades occurred in 1095 during the postclassical era just after William the Conqueror had unified England. The fighting was between the Muslims and Christians. Many things contributed to causing the crusades. Religious motivation and political/economical gain were both major factors that caused them. Proof that religious motivation was a cause for the crusades is shown through many of these documents. First‚ document one contains such quotes as‚ "Christ commands it"‚ " concerns you and God"
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The Era of the crusades began with a call by Pope Urban II‚ in 1095 at Clermont‚ France to reclaim the holy land from infidel Muslims who had conquered it in the seventh century.1 & 2 Urban’s purpose beyond recapturing Jerusalem and the holy land. In order that Christians could safely make pilgrimages to the land of the holy sites of Christianity. Urban also hoped that his crusade would also be a springboard for improving relations between the Roman and Eastern Orthodox Churches. If successful it
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The crusades were caused by religious devotion‚ political gain and economic benefit. There has been great debates of historians discovering the motives of the Crusades and have tried to determine which of the two factors had served as a more active agent and catalyst. The Crusades started when the religion of Christianity had 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
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The Fourth Crusade (1202-1204) was the planned pilgrimage of the crusaders - with their leader‚ Boniface of Montferrat - to retake the Holy Land of Jerusalem from Muslim control. Even before their journey began‚ however‚ trouble was brewing. The Venetians - alongside their Doge‚ Enrico Dandolo of Venice - had agreed to give the crusaders about 500 ships in exchange for a specified payment of silver marks. Unfortunately‚ the pilgrims did not have enough money to pay Venice‚ and had to repay their
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about the same time “Alexios and Phillip of Swabia propose to the Crusaders to overthrow Constantinople and restore Alexios to the throne” . “Alexios had previously wanted Papal support for this but his request was denied” . Previous to the Fourth Crusade happening “the Doge of Venice‚ Dandolo had set his sights on Constantinople. In 1182 there was a Latin massacre that had included the Venetians. This had caused some contentions between the Greeks and Latins. This had stripped some of the Venetians
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Crusades were military units that began “in the late 11th century‚” and was initiated “by Western Christians” to regain “the Holy Land” and stop the expanse of both Muslims and Islam. Of course‚ the warriors or the knights were guaranteed for a cancellation of their wrongdoings‚ which are accepted as sins in Christianity‚ and an immediate acceptance “to Heaven” as soon as they were killed in the military action. According to Douglas E. Streusand‚ Jihad means “holy war” as a usual usage of the word
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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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Impact of the Crusades DBQ The crusades are a series of nine Holy wars that lasted about 200 years. In 1096‚ serfs‚ knights‚ lords‚ and the pope were a part of the crusades. Later ended in 115 years making the year 1291. The crusades were a fight for Holy Land between the Christians in Europe and the Muslims in the Middle East. The Christians were trying to gain power of the City of Jeruselum and North Africa. There are five documents that happen to be a social impact. There is also three
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