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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.
The Crusaders wanted to control the city of Jerusalem.
The holy land. The Christian crusaders wanted to take control of Jerusalem because it contained many religious landmarks.
Europe WAS the Crusaders and they fought in the Middle East to take Jerusalem.
In the first crusade they fought over and through Jerusalem. After capturing it from the Muslims, the crusaders established some counties and other minor areas.
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.
The Crusaders wanted to control the city of Jerusalem.
The crusades were vicious fighters who fought for Jerusalem and fought and fought and stuff and jiggly puff and i won
To take back the Holy Land in Jerusalem from the Muslims
The holy land. The Christian crusaders wanted to take control of Jerusalem because it contained many religious landmarks.
Europe WAS the Crusaders and they fought in the Middle East to take Jerusalem.
The Christians took Jerusalem from Muslim control.
In the first crusade they fought over and through Jerusalem. After capturing it from the Muslims, the crusaders established some counties and other minor areas.
The Fatimids at the beginning, the Crusaders at the end.
crusaders
In 1099, crusaders of the First Crusade besieged Jerusalem and then captured it, founding the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, slaughtering most of the Muslim and Jewish residents. Saladin recaptured Jerusalem from the crusaders in 1187. During World War I, the British Army took control of Jerusalem in 1917, remaining in control until the partition of Palistine in 1948.
The Crusaders fought in order to retake the land of Palestine and specifically Jerusalem, for their ideals. In so doing, they killed large numbers of Muslims, and tens of thousands of non-combatant Jews.