Answer 1
The Holy Land
Answer 2
While Answer 1 may have been correct 800-1000 years ago, it is no longer correct. This is especially true since Israel (a Jewish State) controls much of the Holy Land. There is no specific piece of land that Christians want that Muslims have. Christians want Islamic Countries to legalize proselytization of non-Islamic faiths and equalize the treatment of non-Muslims. This is what the Muslims control that Christians would like the power to reverse.
Jerusalem
The city both want ed to control was Jerusalem.
Muslims and Christians
The Pope wanted the crusaders to drive the Muslims out of the Holy Land and return control to Christians.
Dual purpose wealth & power religion is power They believed it was a sacred place
Christians and Muslims !
The Pope wanted the crusaders to drive the Muslims out of the Holy Land and return control to Christians.
Spain was historically a christian country when Muslims fought it and invaded it, it was ruled by Muslims but as the time passes the empire grew weaker and weaker and Christians fought to regain the country.
christians
The Crusaders, who were predominantly Christian knights from Western Europe, were the first Christians to fight against Muslims for control of the Holy Land during the Crusades in the 11th to 13th centuries.
Muslims go to Mosques and Christians go to churches.
Arab Muslims as well as Arab Christians fought together the crusaders as invaders and not as Christians.