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    The Seventh Crusade

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    came under attack by many of their enemies. This lead to the start of the Seventh Crusade. The Seventh Crusade (1239-1241) led to the Christians briefly regaining control of Jerusalem. The Khwarezmians conquered Jerusalem just a few short years later. The Khwarezmians held Jerusalem for nearly five years until King Louis IX led the Eighth Crusade. The Eighth Crusade was called just sixteen years after the Seventh Crusade. The Mamluks were very powerful in the Middle East and were conquering the little

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    “Warriors of God” by James Reston Jr. portrays a very realistic viewpoint of the third crusade. The third crusade (1187-1192) was of course a religious war. Majority of that hostility was between the Christians and the Islamic. Despite when the war officially began, Reston educates the readers with history when he notes that the third crusade started in 1095. Reston shows an unbiased side of himself in the way he writes about the different times of warfare, the people in power, and the feelings expressed

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    Crusades can be understood as holy wars between different types of religious believes that were fought between the Church and Islam. What the term actually means is “to bear a cross” . This was an effect from the Europeans from the west causing wars between Islam in the Middle East because their religion were different and fighting for the Holy Land. The Crusades caused an enormous amount of bloodshed for the purpose of different societies having different religious believes fighting for Jerusalem

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    Purpose Of The Crusades

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    Introduction The Crusades also known as the “Holy Wars, were a series of conflicts centered around the disputes of Christians wanting to conquer Muslims. These movements occurred in the Middle East and were centered in the Holy Land of Jerusalem. Most often, the crusades were petitioned by the church and lead by papacy. In total there were nine major crusades and an unnumbered amount of minor ones. Though the Crusades caused many deaths, the movements also had major impacts throughout

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    from the Turks. Emperor Alexius I Comnenus has asked Pope Urban II for assistance as their rivals continue to attack. Pope Urban II calls for a retaking of the Holy Land from the "infidels" and the First Crusade has begun! 1095- The City of Damascus Muslim forces have regrouped from the First Crusade and are attacking Edessa. Led by King Louis VIII and Emperor Conrad III the Holy Order of Knights and other soldiers have rose to defend the Holy Land. With the Second

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    Have you ever wondered what the crusades did or accomplished? The whole crusade started when Pope Urban the Second called the crusades to give liberation of Jerusalem and the Holy Land. The Third crusade encountered problems from the start. After Saladin’s death, the Fourth Crusade was brought to by Pope Innocent the Second. The crusades accomplished many things on the Holy Land. Firstly, The whole crusade started when Pope Urban the Second called the crusades to give liberation of Jerusalem and

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    The Crusades The crusades were a dark time for humanity. This period of time was before the enlightenment, before real established governments, this was a time of kings and popes and chaos. The one established voice in the world was the church and they knew it. This monopoly of the information and influence was being threated by the Muslims and made them fear loosing their control and this fear led to the crusades. The crusades were multiple attempts by the Christians of Europe to clam the holy

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    Lifestyles: The Crusades

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    The Crusades were a series of holy wars fought between Christians and Muslims over the holy city of Jerusalem in the land called Palestine. During the Late Middle Ages, a group of Muslims called the Seljuk Turks gained control of Jerusalem. When they closed the city off to the Christians and Jews, the Byzantines called for Pope Urban II for help. Since Urban wanted to regain the land from the Turks, he called for a meeting of manor lords and church leaders, asking them to help win back the Holy Land

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    The First Crusade, a time of strife, war, and bloodshed. The First Crusade was a war for the Holy Land. It was called into effect by Pope Umbar II in an attempt to reclaim the Holy Land from the Jews and to return it to Christianity and to assist in repelling the Turks. Pope Umbar II delivered a speech about how the people of God needed to join forces and fight for Jerusalem. The speech spoke of how this war would be in God's name, that those who participated would receive absolution from sin and

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    The Crusades were military expeditions from Christian Europe to Palestine between the 11th and 13th centuries. They were between the Seljuk Turks, who were Muslim, and the Christians. The Crusades started because the Turks had control over Jerusalem, but the Christians wanted control. The 1st through 4th Crusades were just the Christians and Seljuk Turks going back and forth and the Crusades had a lasting impact Jerusalem and Europe. The Christians wanted to control Jerusalem because it was their

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