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Objective: To examine the impact of the Crusades on Europe.
The Crusades: Key Facts
Who? - The Crusades were fought between European Christians
and Middle Eastern Muslims.
When?
- The Crusades lasted approximately 200 years, from
1100 – 1300.
Why? - Christians wanted to
capture the Holy Land
(modern day Israel)
from the Muslims.
• The First
Crusade to
capture the holy
lands began on
the command of
Pope Urban II in
1095.
Pope Urban II calls for the First Crusade at
Clermont Cathedral, Bibloteque National du Paris
• The Crusaders slaughtered
non-Christians on the way,
including thousands of Jews.
Delacroix, Eugene The Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople;
1840 - Oil on canvas - 410 x 498 cm; Musée du Louvre, Paris
Results:
1) The Muslims retained
control of the Holy Land.
• By 1187, Saladin and his
army had re-claimed
Jerusalem and almost
every Crusader city in the
Holy Land.
Saladin, the Muslim military
leader, was born c. 1138 into
a Kurdish family in Tikrit,
Iraq.
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The statue of
Saladin at the
entrance of the
citadel in
Damascus, Syria.
The tomb of sultan
Saladin near the
northwestern corner of
the Umayyad Mosque,
Damascus, Syria.
2) European demands for Asian products such as silks, spices,
glassware, china, rice and oranges increased.
black
pepper
Silkworm and cocoon
It is estimated that 2,500 to
3,000 cocoons are needed to
make just one yard of silk
fabric, so despite silk being
an excellent material for
making fibres it is also
expensive to produce.
ginger
3) As a result of the Crusades, European trade with Asia
increased.