Download Impact of the Crusades

Nunc Agenda:
Based on
your homework from last night and
your knowledge of the Crusades,
think of an answer for the Quaestio
 During their overland journey
to the Holy Land, Crusader
armies, led by nobles, stopped
in Constantinople, met
Emperor Alexius, and
promised him the land they
conquered
 After a 9-month siege,
Crusaders conquered Antioch,
slaughtered Muslim
inhabitants, and pillaged the
city
 They did not return the land
to Alexius
 They continued south conquering cities including
Jerusalem, which Muslims and Jews fought together
to defend
 Four “Crusader States”
were established:
 The County of Edessa
 The Principality of
Antioch
 The County of Tripoli
 The Kingdom of
Jerusalem
 Landless Nobles now
had lands of their own
 After almost fifty years of
relative peace, Muslims
reconquered Edessa, sparking a
new Crusade
 The King of France and the
King of Germany each led
armies to attack Damascus in
Syria, but they were defeated,
AND Damascus joined with the
Seljuks against the Crusaders
 (Crusade Fail!)
 Muslim weakness  lack
of unity
 Seljuks controlled Syria,
Fatimids controlled Egypt
 1147- Saladin (Salahuddin)
became leader of both
Egypt and Syria,
reconquered Jerusalem
and other Crusader lands
for the Muslims
 In response, Pope called for
Third Crusade
 HRE Frederick I Barbarossa,
French King Philip II of
France, and King Richard
the Lionheart of England
led armies to take back
Jerusalem, but they were
unsuccessful
 Saladin agreed to allow
Christian pilgrims into
Jerusalem
 Pope Innocent III called for
a Fourth Crusade
 Lacking the funds to go all
the way to Jerusalem, the
Crusaders instead sacked
Christian Constantinople
and established a Latin
Empire in Byzantine land
 There were other smaller
Crusades in the following
years but they had little
impact
Directions:
 Each desk is a station
with a number 1-6. Read
the selection and then
answer the associated
question on your sheet.
After 4 minutes, you will
switch the next station,
and this will continue
until all 6 are done. As
you work, consider the
quaestio, and add to its
answer as you complete
the stations.