Crusades

The collapse of the Western Roman Empire opened the Byzantine Empire to being attacked as well. The resources and troops were used for that, rather than being used to defeat the Persians.

The Black Death

Very few women ever went on the Crusades, those that did were usually present as cheap prostitutes, cooks, or weavers to mend shredded cloth, also they were medics. Women that were captured in the Crusades were often raped so many killed themselves before capture.

The Franks of France and he holy roman Christians

Generally it was the crusaders invading Muslim territory, but many battles were also prompted by Muslim warriors ambushing the Crusaders

Usually Jerusalem, aka the holy city of 4 religions, making it a tension-filled religious melting pot.

The United States most recently.

The first of the ten crusades was started by order of the Pope.

yes

5th

The Crusades had accomplished few of the goals that were set out by the pope

The Christians went on Crusades to liberate Jerusalem from Muslim control, after being told to do so by the Pope in Rome. The Crusades were a failure and the Muslims controlled Jerusalem until WWI, when the British got control of the region.

Greed and the want for land was the main reason. Religion was the source of inspiration, and the Crusades would never have happened without religioin's influence.

Not enough people would have fought.

yes, so long as you don't pretend that they were to keep the faith.

The crusades were essentially a series of wars over religion which were started by the Catholic Church.

In the beginning, it was because Christians were denied access to Jerusalem, and because many of the sacred Christian sites were destroyed.

The crusaders found a lot of knowledge that the arab people had and brought it to europe.

This is because they didn't have enough crusaders.

Pope Urban II (the second)

He wanted to spread the religion of Christianity throughout the world.

from the late 1000s to the mid-1200s

they tried to spread the word about God but were executed like Jesus. once though, one of the main people who hated christians was called upon by God and blinded, and God sent him to a main christians home. but i read it in the NIV Bible, so it may not be what you are talking about.

created lasting fear

They Crusaders which participated in tournaments had a sword spears a shield a horse and sometimes a weapon of their choice and sometimes knives

They weren't aware that their Venetian commanders would change course and attack the Byzantine Empire. Basically they started out going for the same reasons as the previous Crusaders.

after 100 years of broken treaties, the muslims decided to fight back against the christians

there where 9 crusades an they were from 1095 to 1291