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Chapter 3
Question | Answer |
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What were the Crusades? | Several military expeditions between 1095 and 1272 to capture the Holy Land |
Causes of the Crusades... | Muslim Turks captured Jerusalem and lands from the Byzantine Empire |
Causes of the Crusades... | Pope Urban the Second called a meeting of churchmen and feudal lords in 1095 |
Causes of the Crusades... | Feudal lords had several reasons for going to the Holy Land and Merchants backed the plans for the Crusades |
What was the first Crusade? | Peter the Hermit traveled the countryside in search to win over the Holy Land |
What was the second Crusade? | An expedition of knights reached the Holy Land and succeeded |
What was the third Crusade? | Led by Richard the Lion-Hearted and convinced the Muslims to let the Christians freely visit |
One other Crusade... | A group of young boys and girls that never reached the Holy Land |