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The trigger for the First Crusade was Emperor Alexius I's appeal to Pope Urban II for mercenaries to help him resist Muslim advances into territory of the Byzantine Empire. However, the Pope called for a large invasion force to not merely defend the Byzantine Empire but also retake Jerusalem.
Proceeding down the Mediterranean coast, the crusaders encountered little resistance, as local rulers preferred to make peace with them and furnish them with supplies rather than fight. On 7th June 1099, the Crusaders reached Jerusalem, with just 12,000 men including 1,500 cavalry remaining, by some estimates. With insufficient troops, supplies, and time, they had no hope of blockading the city, and so resolved to take the city by assault.
In their first assault, they were able to scale the outer wall but were repulsed from the inner one. Their morale was raised when a priest, Peter Desiderius, claimed to have had a divine vision instructing them to fast and then march in a barefoot procession around the city walls, after which the city would fall, following the biblical story of Joshua's siege of Jericho.
The final assault began on 13th July, as one group attacked the south gate and other contingents attacked the northern wall. Initially the troops at the southern gate made little headway, but the contingents at the northern wall fared better, with a slow but steady attrition of the defence. On 15th July, a final push was launched at both ends of the city, and eventually the inner rampart of the northern wall was captured. In the ensuing panic, the defenders abandoned the walls of the city at both ends, allowing the Crusaders to enter.
The Crusaders set about a massacre of the entire population, whether Christian, Jew or Muslim, with one report saying that God would decide their fate in heaven. However, some historians believe that the scale of the massacre has probably been exaggerated.
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∙ 12y agoChristians captured Jerusalem in the crusades.
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∙ 11y agoThe First Crusade started in 1096. It began badly.
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∙ 11y agoSomething that happened in history :) i was there
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They slaughtered the Jewish and Muslim defenders of the city, except for a few who they held for ransom. Accounts of the slaughter say that some of the streets were knee deep in blood.
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How does the capture of Jerusalem affect the Christians and their travels to the holy land?
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What is the 1st crusade to Middle East?
A holy war by western Christians to re-capture the holy city of Jerusalem.
What was trying to be captured within the crusades?
The Crusades, which lasted from 1095 to the late 1500's, were holy wars between Christians in the West and Muslims in the Middle East, in which both sides sought to capture Jerusalem, or the Holy Ground. In 1099 the Christians were able to capture Jerusalem, and afterward there were continual holy wars in which the Muslims attempted to recapture the land while the Christians defended it.
What was the first goal of the crusades?
To capture the Christian holy land To reconquer the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land and free the Eastern Christians from Islamic rule. To take Jerusalem for the Catholic Church
Who captured the city of Jerusalem from the Christians?
AnswerSaladin recaptured Jerusalem from the Christians in 1187.
What do Christians pray to that faces Jerusalem?
Christians do not pray to anything that faces Jerusalem.
Why is it important for christians to go to Jerusalem?
Jerusalem has some significance for Christians as that is where Jesus was crucified but really it is just a city there is nothing holy or important about Jerusalem for Christians. There is nothing important about going there.
What city was conquered by Christians to remove Muslims?
Jerusalem
How many times did Richard try to capture Jerusalem?
Richard the Lionheart attempted to capture Jerusalem twice during the Third Crusade: once in 1191 after the Battle of Arsuf, and a second time in 1192 after the Siege of Jaffa. However, he was unable to achieve his goal both times.
Who told the Christians to re-capture Jerusalem?
No one really 'told' the CATHOLICS to re- capture Jerusalum they were given the choice to attend the crusades. I anybody incouraged them, it would be Pope Urban the 2nd, in a speech he declared a few months before they began.
How many people died during the capture of Jerusalem?
At least 40,000 military and civilian died during the capture of Jerusalem. I'm just kidding.
Why was the Crusades fought?
because.........they needed to capture Jerusalem
