Download The Crusades: not a walk in the park

THE CRUSADES:
NOT A WALK IN THE PARK
Review Of The Crusades
• What I Knew
• What I Want to Know
• What I Learned
A RALLY CALL…
• The Muslim Empire was
expanding into the
Byzantine Empire
• Christians were getting
very nervous!
• Come then, with all your
people and give battle with all
your strength, so that all this
treasure shall not fall into the
hands of the
Turks…Therefore act while
there is still time lest the
kingdom of the Christians
shall vanish from your sight
and, what is more important,
the Holy Land where Jesus
was buried shall vanish. And
in your coming you will find
your reward in heaven, and if
you do not come, God will
punish you.
- Pope Urban II
Goals: Get that Holy Land!
• Religious Goal:
Holy Land = Palestine,
the land land where Jesus
lived, preached, and died.
• Economic Goal:
Knights wanted some
MONEY! Loot it! Steal
it! BLING, BLING!
• Political Goal:
Church wanted to reunite the Western and
Eastern Christian
Empires (think
Byzantine) into one big
empire…oooo power!
If God wills it, then lets do it!
...I think?
• Pope Urban’s call to fight
got people all riled up!
• Christian Crusaders
fought long and hard and
eventually won a TINY
piece of land.
Not for Long…
• Saladin – a brilliant
Muslim general takes
back the city.
• He is very tolerant,
lets Christians stay if
they choose and kills
no civilians.
IF AT FIRST YOU DON’T SUCCEED…
SEND YOUR
12 YEAR OLD KIDS TO WAR!
• Other Christian crusades
are miserable failures!
• One Crusade began with
20,000 children.
• They were never heard
of again.
EFFECTS OF THE CRUSADES
• Increased Trade ($):
Crusaders came back
with very cool stuff
(spices, soap, fabrics, and
IDEAS)  Also leads
to bigger towns in
Europe!
• POPE LOSES SOME POWER:
People lose faith in the
Pope’s promise. After all,
they lost!
• Bitter feelings:
The bitter violence displayed by the
Christians was not forgotten by the
Muslims. (still a sore spot between the two
belief systems)
Writing Assignment – Answer any ONE
of these questions
Describe the major economic, social and political
effects of The First Crusade
Describe the origins of the conflict including the spread
of Islam after Muhammad's death
In what way did the Crusades benefit people of all faiths?