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From the Crusades to New
Muslim Empires
How did the Crusades affect the lives of Christians,
Muslims, and Jews?
P R E V I E W
As your class analyzes the image of the map your teacher
is projecting, record responses to the questions below.
1. How is the area on the map divided?
2. What religions are represented in the different quarters?
3. What important landmarks do you see? With which religion is each affiliated?
4. What do you think makes this an important or special city?
5. Why might people fight over this city?
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Key Content Terms
As you complete the Reading Notes, use these terms in your answers.
Crusades
Inquisition
sultan
anti-Semitism
Holy Land
segregation
shah
Section 2
1. After reading Section 2, list below at least three causes of the Crusades.
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2. List one reason why Jerusalem is holy to Christians.
3. List one reason why Jerusalem is holy to Muslims.
4. List one reason why Jerusalem is holy to Jews.
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Section 3
Complete the flow chart below by writing a brief summary of the main phases of the Crusades.
Within each phase are a list of key terms to include in your summary.
Second Crusade
Terms: Anatolia, Damascus
Third Crusade
Terms: Antioch, Jerusalem, Crusader kingdoms
Terms: Salah al-Din, Richard I, Acre, Jerusalem, Palestine
Later Crusades
First Crusade
Causes
Terms: Constantinople, Pope Urban II
Terms: Children’s Crusade, Reconquista, Isabella and Ferdinand, Inquisition
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Sections 4 to 6
Complete the T-charts below by listing the positive and negative impacts of the Crusades on
Christians and Muslims and the negative impacts on Jews.
Impact of the Crusades on Christians
Positive
Negative
Impact of the Crusades on Muslims
Positive
Negative
Impact of the Crusades on Jews
Negative
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Section 7
1. Who were the Mongols, and what did they do under their leader Genghis Khan and his
successors?
2. How did the Mongol empire change after converting to Islam?
3. What led to the decline of the Mongol Empire?
Section 8
Write a two- or three-sentence description of each Muslim empire
on the map. Consider including its location, religious affiliation,
leadership style, and effects of its rule on non-Muslims or
other empires.
Ottoman Empire
Major Muslim Empires, 900–1500
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2,000 miles
1,000
2,000 kilometers
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1,000
Eckert III Projection
EUROPE
Safavid Empire
Constantinople
Delhi
Cairo
ASIA
P
Makkah (Mecca)
AFRICA
Ottoman Empire
INDIAN OCEAN
N
Savafid Empire
Mughal Empire
City
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Major Muslim Empires, About 1600
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Sumatra
Mughal Empire
Java
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P R O C E S S I N G
Suppose that you are a medieval journalist who has been given an opportunity to interview
three people—a Muslim, a Jew, and a Christian—to learn more about how each was affected by
the Crusades.
If necessary, on a separate sheet of paper, write three interview questions that you would ask
these people. Make sure that each question can be answered by all three people. Then write a
response to the question from each person’s perspective. You might set up your interview as
shown below. You may use the sample question in
your interview.
Question 1:
In your opinion, what caused the Crusades?
Question 2:
Question 3:
Muslim
Response to Question 1:
Response to Question 2:
Response to Question 3:
Jew
Response to Question 1:
Response to Question 2:
Response to Question 3:
Christian
Response to Question 1:
Response to Question 2:
Response to Question 3:
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Timeline Skills
Analyze the timeline in your book. Also think about what you have learned. Then answer the
following questions.
1. According to Islamic teachings, what significant event happened to Muhammad in about
610 C.E.?
2. How many years did Muhammad preach his new religion in Makkah before he moved to
Madinah?
3. Why did Muhammad and his followers move to Madinah?
4. What two things did Muhammad do shortly before his death?
5. To what lands did Islam expand in the 120 years after Muhammad’s death?
6. When was an official version of the Qur’an created, and what was its impact?
7. What happened to Islamic civilization from 750 to 1250?
8. How long did the Crusades last?
9. Why did Christians launch the Crusades?
10. What was the purpose of the Spanish Inquisition?
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Critical Thinking
Use the timeline and the lessons to answer the following questions.
11. What group—Christians, Muslims, or Jews—gained the most from the Crusades?
Which group lost the most? Why?
12. Which Muslim innovation or adaptation do you think was most significant, and why?
13. If you could add three more events to this timeline, which would they be?
List each event, and explain why you think it is important enough to add to the timeline.
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b.
c.
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