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A holy war by western Christians to re-capture the holy city of Jerusalem.
Israel/Palestine.
christians, Muslims, Jews
It is called Holy Land because the world's three main religions are tied to Jerusalem: Christians, Judaism, and Islam.
The Middle East has numerous religions with numerous holy books. Islam is currently the most popular religion in the region and its holy book is the Qur'an, but Jews and the Christians revere the Bible. There are also Druze, Baha'i, Yazidi, Zoroastrians, and other small religions with their own holy books.
Christians in the middle ages fought holy wars, which were called the crusades.
There are many holy cities in the Middle East, but Jerusalem and Mecca are most important.
Middle East
Ostensibly, the Crusaders invaded the Middle East to recapture the Holy Land.
The Crusades were holy wars fought between Christians in Europe and Muslims in the Middle East between 1095 and 1291.
Middle East in Israel
The Crusades, which lasted from 1095 to the late 1500's, were holy wars between Christians in the West and Muslims in the Middle East, in which both sides sought to capture Jerusalem, or the Holy Ground. In 1099 the Christians were able to capture Jerusalem, and afterward there were continual holy wars in which the Muslims attempted to recapture the land while the Christians defended it.