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The Seljuk Turks tortured Christians in Asia Minor brutally and destroyed christian relics. When the Turks besieged Constantinople, Byzantium's emperor wrote a letter to Pope Urban II about the destruction and torturing of the Christians. Pope Urban II told the Catholic Kingdoms to join arms and defeat the Islam, so Catholicism could regain the Holy Places, slow down torturing of Christians, and if they didn't help Byzantium in time, MANY of Christianities most sacred relics would be gone forever. The first crusade was a success, and Catholics held it for decades, making two major kingdoms- The Principality of Antioch, and The Kingdom of Jerusalem. Later crusades failed, some because of Generals not coming their alive (like the Holy Roman Empire's Emperor Barborossa), and some, unfortunately, because of sin (like Venice's Sacking of Constantinople).
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Why did the Crusades end?
Because the Popes lost the support of the gentry who was crusading. That, coupled with the failures of each Crusade and the inability to hold anything in the Holy Land for any period of time.
Expeditions that tried to recapture the holy land?
Crusades
Why did the Crusades happen?
The Crusades were started because the the Muslims, Christians, and Jews all share the Holy Land of Israel, and the first crusade occured because the Christians were trying to recapture the holy land.
What were the crusades fought over?
The Crusades were an attempt by the Christian States to retake the Holy Land from the Muslims, who had invaded an captured it.
What are some of the intentional and unintentional results of the Christian Crusades to the Holy Land?
Conquest of large areas of Palestine
What were the cruades?
The Crusades were a series of Holy Wars between Christians and Muslims over 'the Holy Land' in medieval Europe.
What was the chief goal of the crusades during the medieval times?
The chief goal was to rescue the Christian Holy Land or Jerusalem from the Saracens.
What was the crusades about?
The Crusades were about re-capturing the Holy Land, which is the sacred land for Christians.
The pope persuaded the people to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims?
Urban II opened the First Crusade. Other Popes encouraged other Crusades, seven or eight in all.
Why did the Crusades end?
Because the Popes lost the support of the gentry who was crusading. That, coupled with the failures of each Crusade and the inability to hold anything in the Holy Land for any period of time.
Where did the crusades?
In the Holy land e.g. Jerusalem
What was the point of the Crusades?
the crusades were to rescue christian holy items and land the first was to regain the holy land the others were to storm places were they belived the arabians were hiding the holy grail and such.
What was the mission of the crusades?
The mission of the Crusades was to take over the Holy Land (Jerusalem).
What is a christian military expedition to free the holy land from the Muslims in medieval times?
Christian military expeditions to take the "holy land" from the Muslims during the middle ages were called crusades becasue they carried the Sign of the Cross before them.
What was the purpose of the crusades?
Crusades occurred mostly to regain the Holy Lands - The Kingdom of Jerusalem from the muslims.
Which religious group was in control of the holy land at the end of the crusades?
The Muslims controlled the Holy Land after the crusades ended.
Why Did The Muslims Fight In The Crusades?
Prior to the crusades, the Holy land had been taken over by Muslims. The crusaders went to the Holy Land to fight the Muslims and kick them out.
