Crusades??

Question

Anyone know three important facts about this and why? thanks so much!

Answer 1

The Crusades were a series of military campaigns during the time of Medieval England against the Muslims of the Middle East.

In 1076, the Muslims had captured Jerusalem - the most holy of holy places for Christians.

Jerusalem was also extremely important for the Muslims as Muhammad, the founder of the Muslim faith, had been there and there was great joy in the Muslim world when Jerusalem was captured.

Therefore the Christian fought to get Jerusalem back while the Muslims fought to keep Jerusalem. These wars were to last nearly 200 years.


The First Crusade : 1096 to 1099

The Second Crusade : 1147 to 1149

The Third Crusade : 1189 to 1192

The Fourth Crusade : 1201 to 1204

The Fifth Crusade : 1218 to 1221

The Sixth Crusade : 1228 to 1229

The Seventh Crusade : 1248 to 1254

The Eighth Crusade : 1270

Answer 2

Three important facts about the Crusades:

Jerusalem, the holy city of the Jews, Christians, and Muslims was first captured by the Muhammadans (Muslims) in 637 CE.

Pope Urban II made the call in 1095 for the Crusaders of Cristendom to march on the Holy Land. The First Christian Crusade to the Holy Land was in 1096 CE. Jerusalem was seized by the Christian Crusaders in 1099 CE.

Saladin took Jerusalem once again in 1187 CE.
(See Ibn-al-Qalansi's: 'Saladin Recaptures Jerusalem, 25 September, 1187)

Answer 3

Well, let's see.
1 - Real cause of the Crusades: the European kings coveted the riches of Palestine. They used religion as a pretext to seize those riches. Besides, it was a way to divert the aggressiveness of the so called "knights" who were always fighting one another.
2 - The only one that was successful was the first one. The others failed
3 - One of the possible permanent consequences was the Great Schism between the churches of West and East