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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.
Constantinople
The Crusaders wanted to control the city of Jerusalem.
Cities such as Venice flourished as a result of the Crusaders because,people fled to Venice and it developed into a powerful,city-state that came to dominate much of the Mediterranean during the Crusades.
Cities such as Venice flourished as a result of the Crusaders because,people fled to Venice and it developed into a powerful,city-state that came to dominate much of the Mediterranean during the Crusades.
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.
Constantinople
The Crusaders wanted to control the city of Jerusalem.
Jerusalem
Jerusalem was the destination of the first two crusaders.
Many cities were attackd by the crusaders. The most important two were:Jerusalem, captured by the crusaders of the First Crusade in 1099, with its entire population slaughtered, without concern whether they were Muslim or Christian.Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Empire, which was sacked by the crusaders of the Fourth Crusade in 1204.
Jerusalem
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Cities such as Venice flourished as a result of the Crusaders because,people fled to Venice and it developed into a powerful,city-state that came to dominate much of the Mediterranean during the Crusades.
Cities such as Venice flourished as a result of the Crusaders because,people fled to Venice and it developed into a powerful,city-state that came to dominate much of the Mediterranean during the Crusades.
Cities such as Venice flourished as a result of the Crusaders because,people fled to Venice and it developed into a powerful,city-state that came to dominate much of the Mediterranean during the Crusades.
It wasn't a country so much as a city; the Crusaders wanted to take over Palestine (Jerusalem) which was- and still remains- one of the largest holy centers in the world. At the time of the first Crusade, Palestine was in Muslim control, and, actually, the main reason for the Crusades was to recapture the holy land from the Islam religion.