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Key Terms: Selijuq Turks, Urban II, Saracen
What were the Crusades?
When and where did the first Crusade take place?
What were the main causes of the crusades?
What was the most important city to the Christians and
Muslims in the Holy Land? Why?
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The First Crusade
1096-1099
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Anticipatory Set
Why do you think Friday
the 13th is unlucky?
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Points of
View
Please read the first-hand accounts of
the crusades. Pick one of the accounts
and summarize it in your own words.
Next, find three excerpts that best
i"ustrate the Christian or Muslim
point of view.
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Video Clip
What happened when
the crusaders arrived in
Jerusalem?
What was the outcome of
the First Crusade?
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Siege of Jerusalem
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The Second Crusade
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The Second Crusade
1147-1149
Turks united and started
taking back cities
King Louis VII and
Conrad III joined
armies to recapture
Damascus
1149 crusaders returned
in disgrace
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Saladin
Saladin, the Western name for the ruler Salah al-Din ibn Ayyub, was the
great Muslim general who confronted the Crusaders in the Near East.
Born to a Kurdish family active in Syria, Saladin reestablished a Sunni
regime in Egypt in 1171 by putting an end to the last Shiite Fatimid caliph
there. Saladin, now sultan of Egypt, returned to Syria and soon
captured Damascus, Aleppo, and Mosul from other Muslim princes.
From this strong Syrian base, he then turned against the Crusaders,
decisively defeating them at the battle of Hattin on July 4, 1187. The
victory at Hattin was followed by the easy recon quest of various
Crusader lands and towns, above all the holy city of Jerusalem, which
had been in Christian hands for 88 years. Saladin waited to take
possession of the city until October 2, because the date corresponded
with the anniversary of the Prophet's miraculous ascension to heaven,
according to the Muslim calendar. In contrast to the Crusaders'
bloodbath when they had taken Jerusalem, Saladin acted with great
magnanimity to the Christian and Jewish residents. He forced the Franks
to retreat to the coast of Syria and Palestine. In 1192 he signed a truce
with Richard the Lionhearted. He died in the following year, but his
descendants in the Ayyubid dynasty continued to rule in Egypt and
Syria for several generations. Considered the model prince by Muslim
admirers and Christian foes alike, Saladin has been memorialized in
history and legend to the present day.
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The Third Crusade
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The Third Crusade
1189-1192
1187 Saladin gains
control of Jerusalem
Frederick Barbarossa,
King Philip II, and King
Richard I led separate
armies
Richard settled for a
truce
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Richard the Lionheart surrenders to Saladin
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Impact of the Crusades
Weapons and warfare:
crossbow, new ways to wage
war
Political Changes: power of
European kings grew
stronger, end of feudalism,
Christian church became
more powerful
Ideas and trade: exchange of
ideas
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Assess Knowledge
What was the outcome of the First Crusade?
What was the outcome of the Second Crusade?
What was the outcome of the Third Crusade?
What was Saladin’s legacy?
What impact did the Crusades have on Arab society?
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The Crusades
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