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The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross
The First Crusade
32 min
1. What was the greatest prize which the holy war was fought for?
-Who fought who?
2. Jerusalem has a troubled past and a troubled future. It is a holy city for 3 religions:
-For the Jews, it was the location of the __________________ of Herod and Soloman.
-For Muslims, it is the place where Muhammad arose to _______________.
-For Christians, it is where Christ was __________________.
3. Why did Godfrey take on the 3,000 mile journey/crusade to the holy land?
4. What was the good reason to risk your life and journey on crusade to a place you may never return?
5. What organization had the power to stem the anarchy of the Middle Ages?
The Franks
Charlemagne's Empire
The Church
6. The Muslims now controlled the holy land. To combat this, the head of the Greek Orthodoxy Church
appealed to whom for help?
Clovis
Pope Urban II
Charlemagne
God
7. Inspired by the possibility of great prestige, tens of thousands of men and women, families, even whole
villages took vows to join Pope Urban's crusade. But for many, there was another attraction:
8. What other ticket did Urban promise?
-If you were alive at this time, would you have been taken in by these promises?
9. To the early crusaders who wanted to spill blood, any ____________ was an infidel (bad guy). Who were
the first to be slaughtered or murdered?
10. Describe life on crusade:
11. Today Constantinople is known as
Tyre
Damascus
-Today it is populated by what religion:
Istanbul
Along the 1,000 mile trek from Constantinople to Jerusalem, the crusaders fought Turks, fought an 8
month seige of Antioch, and many Christians and Muslims were massacred along the way. The trip was
arduous and bloody.
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13. In June 1099, ________ crusaders, less than _______ of the number that had originally set out from Europe,
arrived at the gates of the city where Jesus Christ had died.
14. After 3 years of fighting, the crusader army prepared to attack Jerusalem. The walls were _____ feet high
and ______ feet thick.
15. What did the crusaders build to get over the walls?
16. Describe Godfrey's strategy to break into the city:
17. True
False
The first crusade was successful in recapturing the holy land for the Christians.
18. True
False
Godfrey accepted the crown of King in Jerusalem.
19. True
False
Pope Urban II lived to hear the news of the first crusade.
20. True
False
The Muslims fled the holy land forever after the first crusade.