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greed for power

2007-01-22 09:50:29 · answer #1 · answered by ref 2 · 1 1

The Crusades were a series of military campaigns Catholics from 1095-1291.Muslims had captured the Holy Land,and with the blessing of the Pope,many went as crusaders to try and recapture the land.The Byzantine Empire was under siege by the expansion of Muslim rule,and they called out for help in beating them.In the First Crusade,many warriors tried to kill the Jews.Many churches offered refuge to them.
It's very,very,complicated,and would take up the whole page if you were to write detailed information on the Crusades.I recommend that you read this article:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusades

2007-01-22 09:58:32 · answer #2 · answered by Serena 5 · 1 0

The Crusades were a series of military campaigns of a religious character waged by Christians from 1095-1291, usually sanctioned by the Pope in the name of Christendom with the goal of recapturing Jerusalem and the sacred "Holy Land" from Muslim rule and originally launched in response to a call from the Eastern Orthodox Byzantine Empire for help against the expansion of the Muslim Seljuq dynasty into Anatolia.

2007-01-22 09:51:28 · answer #3 · answered by waggy 6 · 1 1

The Byzantine Emperor asked the Pope to call for a Crusade to hold back the threat to Byzantium from the Ottoman Turks.

2007-01-22 09:50:11 · answer #4 · answered by Blackacre 7 · 3 0

crusades come from religion and religion is that thing that tries to govern everyones life, when people refuse that government, then the crusades to crush the people who refuse to be ruled begins.

our government in the U.S. is also a form of religion. People are starting to refuse to be ruled by it (it is more cruel than any of it's people), that is why this land of the free has more persons in jail per person than any other country in the world.

YOu could say that the us government is on it's own crusade, to destroy all those who do not sell themselves to it for nothing.

2007-01-22 09:55:43 · answer #5 · answered by t 2 · 0 0

Mainly Christians wanted to reclaim the Holy Lands from the Jewish Believers and Muslims. Here is a nonbiased, probably non-Chritian, non-Muslim, non-Jewish, summary of the Crusades.

http://history-world.org/crusades.htm

2007-01-22 09:50:04 · answer #6 · answered by Muse 4 · 2 0

They were to liberate the "Holy Land" from the Muslims. They happened over a large span of time, they even sent children thousands of them, of which only a few (as in 1-50) of them came back alive.

2007-01-22 09:51:50 · answer #7 · answered by warlord46750 3 · 2 0

Primarily to take back the Holy Land, and probably also to help combat the bloody spread of Islam.

2007-01-22 10:04:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

The top three largest examples are thought to be the Crusades of the Middle Ages, the
Spanish Inquisition, and the burning of witches. Scholars estimate that the Crusades of
the middle ages cost from 58,000 to 133,000 lives. The most realistic figure for the
Spanish Inquisition puts the total killed from AD1480 to AD1808 at up to 31,912.
Finally, records indicate that the number of witches killed may be over 30,000. Some
argue that records don't tell everything and suggest that maybe even 100,000 were killed.
These three events, totaling over 264,000 killed, are thought to be the largest atrocities
perpetrated by one or another form of Christendom. As we shall shortly see, however,
they pale into insignificance in comparison to the consequences of atheism.
There are two points to make by way of response. The first point can be made by asking
the question, "Are these activities consistent with what Jesus taught?" Most people with
even an elementary knowledge of Christ will admit that such killing is inconsistent with
His teachings. People often try to justify their hatred, actions, and even killing by
appealing to whatever is held in high regard by the population. It follows that if
Christianity is or was held in high regard by populations, that certain people with the
power to carry out atrocities would attempt to justify them in the name of Christianity. It
is a simple-minded person indeed who reasons, "Joe claims he is a Christian--Joe
committed an atrocity in the name of Christianity--therefore Christianity promotes
atrocities." The Bible states that the person who says he loves God, but hates his brother,
is a liar. There are many people through history that have done horrible things in the
name of Christianity, but Jesus' words, "you will know them by their fruit" tell the real
story regarding their love for God and whether they follow the commands of Jesus Christ.
The second point to make is that, yes, people who claim to love God do kill, but nowhere
near to the extent that the lack of religion does. According to University of Hawaii
political scientist Rudolph J. Rummel,1 the total number killed in all of human history is
estimated to be about 284,638,000. Of that number, 151,491,000 were killed during the
past 100 years. The single largest killer in all of human history is, by far, atheistic
Communism with a total of 110,000,000 … over 1/3 of all people ever killed! If we add
to that number just two other regimes where religion of any sort was strongly
discouraged, Nazi Germany and Nationalist China, the number rises to 141,160,000.
Almost 50% of all the killings in human history were committed in the past 100 years by
regimes that either actively promoted atheism or strongly discouraged religion. We have
not considered the over one billion abortions, where Christianity seems to be particularly
unwelcome. When the murders of history are tallied up, it is very clear that atheism is the
most dangerous philosophy ever embraced by humanity. The most effective restraint on
mankind's inherently evil tendencies is faith in God through Jesus Christ, a faith that
actually follows the teachings and commands of Jesus Christ as a daily way of life.

2007-01-22 09:50:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2 1

the way to the east was an escape from poverty existed on western Europe during those times. ignorance and manipulation was easily achieved. few campaigns in the history of mankind occurred than other reason than money. and unfortunately in the name of something holy and sacred as the name of Jesus. look what us does in the name of peace now days

2007-01-22 10:07:23 · answer #10 · answered by roulis 2 · 0 1

To capture Jerusalem

2007-01-22 09:49:31 · answer #11 · answered by a 4 · 1 0

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