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High middle ages-1
crusades
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What were the crusades? | A series of armed conflicts between the Christians and Muslims; a "holy war" |
| When did the crusades start? | AD 1096 |
| What was the immediate cause of the crusades? | When Christians from Western Europe set off to reclaim the holy land from Muslims who conquered it in the 7th century AD |
| Who was Pope Urban II? | The Pope who called the holy war between Western European Christians and the Muslims in the holy land |
| Explain the first crusade | Peasants were ordered to fight the first battle; brutally lost, then nobles fought and recaptured Jerusalem |
| Explain the second crusade | The turks started recapturing cities. Then two kings set off to fight them, later combined forces, but the turks still won |
| Explain the third crusade | "Crusade of the 3 kings" Emperor Frederick Barbarossa of the Holy Roman Empire drowned, and his army returned home. Philip of France returned home to recapture English held lands in France. Saladin (turk) recaptured Jerusalem |
| Explain the Children's crusade | Children went to go fight the muslims in the holy land, but were tricked into taking a ship to north africa, where they were sold into slavery. |
| Who were the seljuk turks? | A muslim people from central asia who gained control of the holy land |
| What was a selfish religious reason for battling in the crusades? | If they die, their sins will be erased, and they will go to heaven |
| What was a reason of the knights for crusading that had to do with wealth? | They hoped to gain land and wealth in Palestine and southwest Asia |
| How were muslims and jews treated in the first crusade? | they were all slaughtered |
| How did Saladin differently treat the inhabitants of Jerusalem as oppose to the Catholics? | He did not persecute them; he tolertated them |
| What did crusaders introduce to the crusader states? | feudalism; divided the land into fiefs |
| Describe how trade picked up after the 1st crusade | since there were european cities in asia, they had access to new goods; they exported them to Europe |
| After the first crusade, describe an example of cultural diffusion. | Christians and Muslims coexisted with one another, and muslims adopted some ideas from them |
| Who were the two kings of the second crusade? | Louis VII and Conrad III |
| Which crusade did Saladin fight in? | 3rd |
| Richard, the king during the 3rd crusade, did not regain any of the holy land, but he did make a treaty with saladin. What did it state? | It said that Christians could enter Jerusalem freely |
| Describe the fourth crusade | The crusaders attacked constantinople and sacked it. (looted and destroyed it). They controlled Byzantine trade, and was under western Europe's control for about 60 years. |
| To raise money for the crusades, what did lords do? | sell their land |