3rd Crusades Dbq

The impact of the crusades were more negative because they had bad reasons and because they fought nine times in the 13 centuries and many Christians were fighting against Jews. After the Christians and Jews fought the crusades still attacked each other.It also made lasting war between two religions.

The Christian had a weak hold on the holy land for nearly a century when Saladin began uniting the Muslim armies. When the Christians and Muslims met at the battle of Hattin, the Muslims were able to win because of Saladin. This was the turning point for the crusades because three months later the Muslims conquered the city of Jerusalem.

The Crusades were a series of holy wars that began in 1095 CE. These wars were fought between Christians and Muslims to gain control over the sacred land. The Turks moved into the middle east during the early part of the 11th century CE. Most of the Turks served the Islamic armies and would invade land rapidly using combat forces. This alarmed the Greek emperor and caused him to seek out Pope Urban II and ask for mercenary troops to confront the Turks. The Pope called a council and had 300 attendees to show up. During this council, the Pope made a plea to free the Holy Land, which received an enthusiastic response. After this, Pope Urban II promptly waged war against the Muslims and took armies of Christians to Jerusalem to try and

The results on the crusades were more negative than positive. Document 5 states that “Primarily Italians, had established communities in the crusader states.”

Before the first Crusade, Western Europe had become a place with not much progress, confined from other civilizations and hidden in the Dark Ages that had gone down on Western Christendom after the collapse of the Roman Empire. At the time of the first Crusade, the Middle East and Western Europe were greatly divided. The Crusades contributed to the end of Western Europe’s global isolation by introducing an era in which Western Europe came into direct contact with the large trade routes that united their civilization with Asia.

The First Crusade (1096 - 1099) played a very important part in Medieval Europe .the First Crusade was an attempt to re-capture Jerusalem. After the capture of Jerusalem by the Muslims in 1076, any Christian who wanted to pay a pilgrimage to the city faced a very hard time. When the pope urban 2 made his speech he made lots and lots of people listen and got to war he machined that a lot of people were slaughterer and that this is what god wanted. Muslim soldiers made life very difficult for the Christians and trying to get to Jerusalem was filled with danger for a Christian.

The Third Crusade (1189-1192), led by Richard I of England, Philip II of France and

In 1096 the Knights Crusade started. It has been called such because it was under the leadership of famous knights. The Crusade's point was to capture the Holy Land, Jerusalem, back from the Mohammedans. The Knights' Crusade was the first Crusade, and the only truly successful one. In 1099 the Knights' Crusade captured Jerusalem, which remained in Christians control for almost 200 years.

Acre fell in July 1191, and on September 7, Richard’s brilliant victory at Arsuf put the crusaders in possession of Joppa. Twice Richard led his forces to within o few miles of Jerusalem. But the recapture of the city, which constituted the chief aim of the Third Crusade, eluded him. There were fierce quarrels among the French, German, and English contingents. Richard insulted Leopold V, duke of Austria, by tearing down his

The crusaders were unable to reclaim Jerusalem, so after the treaty was signed, Richard began to head home to England, signaling the end of the Third Crusade. While heading home, he was shipwrecked off the coast of the Adriatic. He attempted to travel through Austria in disguised, but was captured by the Duke of Austria.

The Byzantine Empire never really recovered from the ransack caused by the war. The Fourth Crusade deeply angered Pope Innocent III, as the Crusaders had attacked their own fellow Christians. The Crusaders were by now unpopular and had yet to achieve their initial goal of regaining control of Jerusalem. Before his death in 1216, Pope Innocent III commissioned the Fifth Crusade to accomplish the mission of the Fourth, to free Jerusalem from Egyptian command. The Crusaders travelled to Acre in 1217 and joined the ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, King John was aware that attacking Jerusalem while Egypt was at full strength was not possible, so they collectively planned to take Egypt under Latin control, thus forcing the Muslims

In 1187 the muslim leader Saladin reconquered the city of Jerusalem. Then Frederick of europe, Barbarossa of Germany, Philip of France and Richard I mounted a campaign to rescue the city. This is when the third crusade was under way. The main reason the campaign was so successful was the capture of the port city of Acre. King richard got there on June 1191 to find a city under siege by a christian army. This is where Saladin came in his army was too weak to overwhelm the designers and too strong to be dislodged (remove from a position of power or authority) so Richard and the French King Philip slowly broke the city's walls to weaken the city's defences while simultaneously (at the same time)

As soon as Saladin’s army was big enough he headed on his way to Jerusalem to recapture it from the crusaders who had control of it for many years prior. Saladin took on the crusaders in the battle of Hattin in 1187 where he won and claimed Jerusalem. The capture of Jerusalem angered England’s King Richard I (also known as Richard the Lion Heart) which resulted in Richard starting another crusade and defeating Saladin and his army. In 1191 while trying to arrange a treaty between Saladin and King Richard the Lion Heart Saladin was stubborn and would not agree so King Richard the Lion Heart executed 3,000 Muslim prisoners publicly for all of Saladin’s camp to see. Angered by King Richard’s actions Saladin executed all of his Christian prisoners. On September 2, of 1192 King Richard and Saladin signed a treaty that allowed for Muslim control of Jerusalem but allowed Christian travelers into the city. Saladin died at the age of 55 in 1193 of yellow fever. Saladin barely left his family any money after his death because he had given everything but one gold piece and some silver to charity.

The commanders of the Crusades were the King of Jerusalem, King Guy of Lusignan, Balian of Ibelin (a Crusader noble), Raynald of Chatillon (a knight in the second Crusade), and Raymond III of Tripoli and the Muslim Military leaders were Saladin (nephew of Nural- Din), Nur al- Din (son of Zangi who recaptured Syria), and Imad al Din Zangi. Saladin maintained an uneasy peace with the crusaders. However, a series of provocations by the Crusaders broke the truce by attacking trade caravans under the protection of the treaty. This enraged Saladin and triggered the invasion of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Although the Crusader army was similar in size to Saladin’s army, Saladin had various advantages because he knew the climate and terrain, used better tactics, and was militarily organized. On the other hand, The Crusades were divided and the King was easily persuaded by bad counsel. In addition, The Crusaders were too weak to fight due to the unfamiliar conditions such as the weather (too hot), long distance journeys, lack of water, and were also saddened by the capture of the True Cross, the King, and Reynald of Chatillon. The capture of Jerusalem is historically important because it led to the end of first kingdom of the Jerusalem. This would also cause a European comeback with the third crusade in

Although the European continent was surprised and disappointed at the fall of Jerusalem, it would seem that a surplus of gold and other wealth from the spoils of war was the vision set in the eyes of the third and fourth crusaders. As new forces marched towards Egypt in 1169, word spread quickly and cities braced themselves for the new wave of terror. Muslim territories were able to increase their defenses against the dwindled down crusaders. All of Europe wasn’t able to unite for the cause of this war, causing the strength of the crusaders to drop dramatically. None the less, they were still able to create a strong presence by swiftly winning the last battle of the third Crusades in 1192. The fourth Crusades began in 1202, with the same initial