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THE CRUSADES
“Holy Wars”
Question
How is it that normal, reasonable humans
living during the Middle Ages, could
become such evil, monsters during the
Crusades?
CAUSES 
In the 1050s the Muslim Turks
invaded the Byzantine Empire
The Turks overran Jerusalem
The Byzantine Emperor was
Alexius I
The Pope in Europe was Urban II
Alexius I asked Pope Urban for help
Pope Urban thought by helping
Alexius he would also:
• Increase his power in Europe
• Heal the split (schism) between the Roman an
Byzantine churches
• Unite the Christians in fighting the Muslims
rather than each other
EFFECTS 
Thousands of Knights volunteered
• Some did it out of religious zeal
• Some hoped for wealth and land
• Some wanted to leave problems
at home
• Some yearned for adventure
First Crusade
• Christian Knights
conquer Jerusalem
Second Crusade
• Saladin leads
Muslims to retake
Jerusalem
Third Crusade
• Richard the LionHearted led Christian
knights in attacking
Jerusalem but fail to
retake it
The Fourth Crusade
• Christian Knights on their way to
Jerusalem get into a fight with
Byzantine knights
• The Christian Knights from
Europe back up Venetian
traders
• The Byzantine Knights back up
the Byzantine traders
The Results
• Christian knights from Europe take and loot
Constantinople
Meanwhile…
• Muslim warriors
attack and retake all
the land the earlier
Crusades captured
Violence and hatred
• Both the Christians and Muslims
massacred innocent Muslim, Christians
and Jews during the Crusades
• This caused a legacy of religious hatred
between the groups
Increased Trade
• Crusaders returned
home with new items
such as fabrics,
spices and perfumes
• When the Crusades
ended the Europeans
desired more of these
interesting items
Travel
• Europeans look
Outward
Marco….
Learning
• Europeans are
introduced to Muslim
advances and are
reintroduced to
Greco-Roman
learning
They witness the
Islamic Golden
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http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/goldenages/islam.cfm
“Pilgrims in Arms”
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t00wCd
Ngb5Q
Review +Other Examples of
Religious Conflict:
• http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/global
/themes/conflict/religious.cfm