included Egypt‚ Syria‚ Mesopotamia‚ Hejaz‚ Yemen‚ and parts of North Africa. He is well known for his recapture of Jerusalem from the Crusaders in 1187 after the crusaders were defeated in the Battle of Hattin. He was also able to repel the Third Crusade that was headed by Richard the Lion heart king of England. Saladin is one of the most prominent leaders that ruled over the Muslim world. Salah al Din was born in Tikrit in 1137 his family moved to Syria a year after his birth were his father was
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The Second Crusade: Discord between the Crusader states Tyler Rathke HIS 111-601 After the end of the first Crusade‚ three Crusader States were created in the East. The three Crusader states were the Kingdom of Jerusalem‚ the Principality of Antioch‚ and the county of Edessa and after the first three Crusader states were developed‚ a fourth was added called the County of Tripoli. The social‚ political‚ and economic factors throughout the Crusader States led to the cause of the second
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CRUSADE In the High Middle Ages‚ a manifestation of religious enthusiasm seized Europe in a series of crusades against the Muslims. These Crusades are important parts to the history in the middle ages. A Crusade was any of the military expeditions by the Christians in the eleventh‚ twelfth‚ and thirteenth centuries to recovery the Holy Land of Jerusalem from the Muslims. The Crusades were thought to be a curious mix of God and warfare‚ which were the two major concerns of the middle ages. Crusades
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1096 to 1099 the First Crusade was born. They were Christian military undertakings and religous wars broadcasted by the general population. The motivation behind the Campaigns was to pick up and keep control over Palestine from the Muslims. Palestine was additionally called the Holy Land since Jesus lived there. Alexius Compenus was another ruler that came into force in Byzantium in 1081. Constentinople was in risk in light of the fact that the Seljuks debilitated them‚ so Alexius initially called
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To what extent did the response to Urban II’s call to Crusade in 1095 correspond to the pope’s plans? "The remarkable success of Urban’s crusade seemed to confirm his preaching theme that God was fighting with the crusaders" -Penny J. Cole This view‚ that the First Crusade was a great success‚ is still generally accepted today‚ as it was by contemporaries. The crusaders themselves‚ convinced that their mission had been achieved‚ "entitled their chronicles Gesta Dei per Francos‚ God’s work done
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Cameron 1 Children’s Crusade The Children’s Crusade is considered by most to be a minor crusade. Others do not believe it ever happened. That may be because historians don’t have much intel to go on. The fate of the French children is largely speculated. The Crusade started in 1212‚ when a young French boy‚ Stephen of Cloyes‚ thought he received a letter from Christ ordering him to peacefully win back the Holy Land from the Muslims. The credibility of him receiving this letter is slim‚ because he
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Muslims which started the first Crusade. There were nine Crusades starting in 1095 and ending in 1099. The Crusades had many effects‚ both positive and negative. The Crusades had many positive impacts on the lands it took place on. One good effect is it lifted Europe out of the Dark Ages‚ they were a time where there was disappearance of life and goods. For instance “The Crusades hastened Europe’s emerge from the so called Dark Ages (Pope urban Calls for Crusades‚ Jennifer Stock)” The quote means
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Louis VII responsible for the failure of the second crusade? (24 marks) There were many reasons for the failure of the second crusade. One of these was definitely the mistakes made by Louis VII but there were also other reasons that inffluenced the failure of the crusade. These included the lack of Byzantine aid by Manuel Commenus and also the rivalry between Kings. Firstly‚ Byzantiu did play a part in the failure of the failure of the second crusade. One reason for this was that Manuel was more concerned
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three important reasons for the Crusades: including‚ names‚ dates‚ places‚ persons of interest‚ events‚ edicts‚ etc… One of the main reason for the crusades was to take back their holy land which was Jerusalem. Two main religions fought for the ownership of Jerusalem and they were Christians and Muslims. The Pope Innocent III was trying to expand the holy Roman Empire and reclaim the holy land from the Islamic Empire. This event lead to the start of the first crusade which began in the year 1096. Another
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Who‚ or what‚ was responsible for the failure of the Third crusade? The third crusade was launched in 1189 due to the catastrophic defeat of Crusader forces at the Battle of the Hattin‚ in 1187‚ and the subsequent loss of Jerusalem. The news of this significant setback was‚ according to the chronicler Ernoul‚ so great that‚ Pope Urban died of grief when he heard the news. As a result‚ the newly elected Pope issued a Papal bull called the “Audita Tremendi” and in turn the three most powerful Christian
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