Crusades
A series of holy wars called to reclaim Jerusalem supposedly for God but actually for money and land.
Crusades
The Crusades were a series of wars aimed at conquering the Holy Land.
Crusades
The Crusades.
Christians in the middle ages fought holy wars, which were called the crusades.
the crusades were called the holy wars because the crusaders were fighting for Jerusalem which was considered the holy land by 3 monotheistic cultures and each one wanted it to be under their control. What meant "holy" back then, is now called "freeing some brown people and bringing democracy" A red herring veiling the real cause: greed of the few + gullibility of the many
A series of wars to regain the holy land.
The holy wars fought for control of Jerusalem are known as the Crusades. They began in the late 11th century, specifically with the First Crusade in 1096, and continued in various forms over the next few centuries. The Crusades were primarily initiated by European Christians aiming to reclaim the Holy Land from Muslim rule. They had significant religious, political, and social impacts on both the Christian and Muslim worlds.
The Crusades were a series of Holy Wars between Christians and Muslims over 'the Holy Land' in medieval Europe.
It Is Called The Crusades They're were a total of 9 crusades
The Crusades were organized by western European Christians after centuries of Muslim wars of expansion. Their primary objectives were to stop the expansion of Muslim states, to reclaim for Christianity the Holy Land in the Middle East, and to recapture territories that had formerly been Christian.