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Europe could visit the holy land (Jerusalem) whenever they wanted as long as they were unarmed and opened European trade to Asian countries and visa versa
You had to gather your army, supply it and then travel (by land or ship) to the Holy Land.
Long term importance of the Crusades was advancements in weaponry, political changes, and ideas. Weaponry like crossbows, catapults, and gunpowder, helped both sides prosper in battle. The crossbows could pierce chain mail and plate armor, the catapults could take down walls, and gunpowder was used in cannons. Next, political changes were long term because the power of the European kings grew as many nobles died fighting in the Crusades. Next, ideas grew that would affect Europe's culture forever. Thousands of crusaders traveled through the Holy Land, exchanging ideas with the Byzantines and Muslims. When they come home, they shared these ideas, which helped European culture. Those were the long term effects of the Crusades.
That's a long time ago. Apparently they died.
They fought because the Muslims had control of Jerusalem, the most important city to the Holy Roman Empire. To get Jerusalem back under the control of it, the crusaders started the Crusades, or holy wars.
3 years
Europe could visit the holy land (Jerusalem) whenever they wanted as long as they were unarmed and opened European trade to Asian countries and visa versa
You had to gather your army, supply it and then travel (by land or ship) to the Holy Land.
The sacred expedition, known as the Crusades, spanned over two centuries from 1095 to 1291. These military campaigns were carried out by European Christians to reclaim the Holy Land from Muslim control.
about 6 months
The Muslims controlled the Holy Land long before the first Crusaders. The advancing Muslims conquered northern Palestine in 636 and Jerusalem in 638. They controlled the whole of Syria, Palestine and Egypt by 641. Christians and Jews were permitted to remain, subject to payment of a poll tax.In 1099, the Christians of the First Crusade took Jerusalem and massacred the population, which was predominantly Muslim. They created several small Crusader states, notably the Kingdom of Jerusalem.In 1187, Saladin recaptured Jerusalem for the Muslims, sparing the Christian population.The Christians recaptured Acre in 1191, during the Third Crusade.The Crusaders retained some territory until the thirteenth century, when the Knights Hospitaller left for the island of Rhodes. Although the Muslims now controlled the entire Near East, they permitted Christians and Jews to remain.
No. There were three armies from France, Germany and a coalition from Northern Europe with the aim of retaking the County of Edessa. There first two were defeated in Anatolia by the Seljuks and barely made it into Jerusalem, the third went by sea and helped recapture Lisbon in the Reconquista in 1147. The remnants of the crusading armies attempted an attack on Damascus in 1148 after regrouping but this failed. So no, the crusading armies did not recapture the County of Edessa or any of the other, smaller provinces lost to Zengi and his Seljuk alliance.
It was from 1095 to 1650
Canaan was the land that God promised Abraham long before the start of Christianity.
because the journey over land was long and dangerous
Beginning in the eleventh century the Christian Crusades began to save the Holy Land from Islamic forces. Until the middle of the 13th century, the Pope and monarchs of Europe led Christian armies to keep Jerusalem safe from from Muslim armies. Whatever successes the Crusaders accomplished would however not be long lived.
Long term importance of the Crusades was advancements in weaponry, political changes, and ideas. Weaponry like crossbows, catapults, and gunpowder, helped both sides prosper in battle. The crossbows could pierce chain mail and plate armor, the catapults could take down walls, and gunpowder was used in cannons. Next, political changes were long term because the power of the European kings grew as many nobles died fighting in the Crusades. Next, ideas grew that would affect Europe's culture forever. Thousands of crusaders traveled through the Holy Land, exchanging ideas with the Byzantines and Muslims. When they come home, they shared these ideas, which helped European culture. Those were the long term effects of the Crusades.