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The Crusades52
Question | Answer |
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Christians, Muslims, and Jews all claimed ________ as thier religious capital. | Jerusalem |
TO CHRISTIANS: | It is where Jesus was crucified and was ascended into heaven |
To Muslims: | Where Mohammed ascended to heaven |
To Jews: | Site of ancient temple built by Solomon |
In what year did Muslims take over? | 600 |
Did the muslims let others in? | yes |
The problem? | Around 1095 Seljuk Turks took over and banned jews and christians |
Solution? | Pope Urban II called for a crusade to take Jerusalem back. |
How many soldiers were in the first? | About 30,000 |
Why did so many people sign up? | For knights, they needed something to use thier skills on. For peasants, it was a way to escape their life, and the Pope said that if they died they got a straight to heaven |
Crusade Sign? | Red Cross, fighting for a holy cause |
Results: | The crusaders won, and cultures were exchanged along the way. |
Aftermath? | 50 years later Arabs took over again |
2nd Crusade: 1147-1149 | Fail |
3rd: 1189-1192 | Fail |
4th: 1202-1204 | Attacked Constantinople; Fail |
The Children's Crusaed 1212 | Tragedy; kids were told to march to red sea, and that it would open up and by their innocence, they would succeed. When they arrived, the sea did not part, and some of the kids froze to death, the rest were sent into slavery |
The next 70 years:5th-8th Crusades | For personal gain |
5th's prize: 1217-1221 | Egypt |
6th's:1228 | Jerusalem |
7th's: 1248-1254 | Egypt and Jerusalem |
8th's: 1270-1291 | Bay of Tunis Holy Land |
When the crusades stopped, did western Europe admit defeat? | No, they just stopped sending crusades. |