This research paper is about the Crusades‚ what were they‚ who was involved‚ what were the reasons behind them‚ and more. “The Crusades were a series of Holy Wars launched by the Christian states of Europe against the Saracens.”[1] Saracens was the word used to describe a Moslem during the time of the Crusades. The great military expeditions known as the Crusades were Christian nations of Europe who got together to rescue the holy places of Palestine from the hands of the Mohammedans. “They
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affects that the Christians had constructed. The Muslims indicated a strong will of unjustification towards its attacks. In 1187‚ Saladin once more triumphed Jerusalem and most of the Holy Land. Hearing its news‚ Richard the Lion Heart began the Third Crusade to vanquish the city once and for all. Arriving in 1191‚ he massacres and held the Muslims as prisoners. Saladin feared that his approaching plans of conquer would definitely cause his empire to collapse therefore‚ he offered agreements. Nonetheless
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Catholic Church in the west and the Eastern Orthodox Church to churches to split apart? 4. How are the religions of Islam‚ Judaism‚ and Christianity different? How are they similar? 5. What were the Crusades? Who were the Crusaders? Why was Jerusalem so important to Christianity‚ Judaism‚ and Islam? What happened
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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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The Crusades were wars between Christians and Muslims‚ fought in Palestine. In 1071‚ Turkish Muslims captured Jerusalem. The Muslims stopped the Christians from visiting the holy places in Palestine. Naturally‚ Christian rulers in Europe were very angry about this. The Byzantine emperor in Constantinople asked the Pope to help him drive the Turks from the Holy Land. Peter the Hermit and the Pope started the first Crusade. Pope Urban II said that he would forgive the sins of all people who went and
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to submit to either particular God. It is the view of some that both are hypocritical in their practice because of the lack of true religious desire by either party. The crusades were not supported truly by the words of the religion‚ but the way Saladin handled
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knights of France to travel to the Holy. Land and liberate the city of Jerusalem and the Christians of the east from Muslim power—considered heathens and enemies of the Church. The response to Urban’s appeal was astounding; over 60‚000 people set out to recover the Holy Land and secure this reward and‚ in some cases‚ take the chance to set up new territories. Four years later‚ in July 1099‚ the survivors conquered Jerusalem by killing many people. While most of the knights returned home‚ the creation
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It is the early 11th century and the Holy Land is controlled by the Seljuk Turks. The Holy Land and Jerusalem is in the middle of three continents as shown in the map below. The Turks not only attacked Christian areas in the Byzantine Empire‚ but they also attacked Christian pilgrims. Unable to defend his land by himself‚ Byzantine Emperor Alexius I Comnenus has asked Pope Urban II for help. Post Number 2: As a result to Pope Urban’s decision to help the Byzantine Empire by taking back the Holy
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study. Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb or Saladin‚ as he has come to be called in western civilization‚ was the first Sultan of Egypt and Syria‚ and founded the Ayyubid dynasty. He led Muslim opposition to the Franks and other European Crusaders in the Levant and at the height of his power‚ ruled Egypt‚ Syria‚ Mesopotamia‚ Kurdistan‚ Hejaz‚ and Yemen. He defeat of the Crusaders at the Battle of Hattin‚ and subsequent re-capture of the holy city of Jerusalem‚ marks Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn as a prominent figure
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1270 Type of Conflict: Religious conflict and Health conflict Underlying causes: The reason for the crusades was a war between Christians and Muslims which centered around the city of Jerusalem. The City of Jerusalem held a Holy significance to the Christian religion. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem commemorated the hill of crucifixion and the tomb of Christ’s burial and was visited by Pilgrims. Also another underlying cause of the crusades was that the Turks had been making constant
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