The Crusades
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History, Social Studies
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10th Grade
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Michael Daly
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The Crusades
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Open Ended
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Multiple Choice
Roman Catholics (most Christians at the time) controlled most of what continent?
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Multiple Choice
Muslims controlled land in which areas?
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Crusades Begin
1095, the leader of the Byzantine Empire felt that the city of Constantinople was under attack by Muslim Turks.
Byzantine Emperor asks the Pope Urban II for help
Urban II called for a crusade against the Muslim Turks
This image is the Council of Claremont where the pope called for the Crusades to begin
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Who are the Crusaders?
European Christians
Many nobles, knights and peasants respond to the call and leave in 1096 for Constantinople
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Multiple Choice
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Who are the Crusaders fighting?
Sunnis- party of tradition. and Shi'ites - party of Ali - first caliphate after Muhammad's death
Two groups of Muslims, the Sunni Seljuk Turks and Shi'ite Caliphate were fighting each other.
In 1096, Christians were kicked out of the city of Jerusalem by the Shi'ite Famid Caliphate
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Multiple Choice
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Siege of Jerusalem
1096 - 1099 several battles fought between Crusaders and Turkish (Muslim) forces
1099 - most crusading armies arrive at Jerusalem
July 15 - broke through the city walls
100,000 casualties (deaths + injuries)
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Different Perspectives
Christians believed they were fighting in the name of Jesus to take back the place of his birth from non-believers.
Muslims believed that they were defending land that was theirs. They thought Christians were brutal invaders.
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