After centuries of Islamic expansion under threat of the sword, many Christian lands were under Islamic rule and oppression including the Holy Land of Jerusalem and its surroundings. The Crusaders fought to free the many oppressed Christians enslaved under Islamic rule. They also fought to reclaim the Holy Land to its rightful heritage. The brutalities of war were common to both sides of this conflict.
Muslims
Muslims and christians
Those who fought during the crusades were: the Seljuk Turks, the European Christians, and the Muslims.
Jerusalem
The Crusades lasted about 200 years.
Christians mostly killed Muslims and Jews during the Crusades. The whole thing was wrong- it was a slaughter.
Yes. In fact there is a case I am currently trying to find in which Muslims killed around 3,000 christians before Richard's slaughter of the 1,000 Muslims. Both sides killed each other....as was often the case of war during those times.
Muslims
Christians and Muslims
The Muslims didn't learn anything from the christians because they where so cruel to the christians.
Saracens.
Christians and Muslims
Muslims and christians
Those who fought during the crusades were: the Seljuk Turks, the European Christians, and the Muslims.
Jerusalem
Jerusalem
They were fighting over land and wealth.