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The Crusades
Objectives
Identify the causes and effects of the
Crusades.
 Analyze the impact of the Crusades on
the Arabic cultures of the Middle East.
 Summarize the Crusades from the Arab
point of view.

The Crusades—An Overview
8
medieval wars that spanned
200 years.
 Christian mission to liberate
the Holy Land of Jerusalem
from Muslim control.
Setting
 Europe:
Feudalistic Societies
 Holy Roman Empire and Byzantium
Empire
 Greek Orthodox and Roman
Catholic Church split from one
another.
 Turkish Muslims had taken control of
the Holy Land—No more
pilgrimages!
Setting (cont.)
 Turkish
Muslims were moving
closer and closer to Christian
Europe—especially
Constantinople!
Underlying Purposes
 Economic
Growth: Venice,
Genoa, Pisa
 Re-unite the
churches?
 Peasants were
promised
indulgences.
Peasant’s Crusade
 Pope
Urban II “. . . For the
remission of your sins.”
 Leader: Peter the Hermit
 Killed Jews rather than
Turkish Muslims!
 Meet in Constantinople?
1st Crusade
 After
gathering in Constantinople,
they marched their way to the Holy
Land.
1st Crusade (cont.)
 Took
3 years for the Crusaders to
conquer Jerusalem
 8 months to take Antioch
 40 days to take Jerusalem
 How did they celebrate?
2nd Crusade
Led
by the kings of Europe
Mauled on their way to
Jerusalem.
Decided to attack
Damascus—Bad idea!
3rd Crusade
The
Christian provinces
were weak in the Holy
Land
Saladin—Sultan of Egypt
and Syria—was able to
retake the Holy Land
3rd Crusade (cont.)
 Frederick
Barbarossa—
drowned
 King Phillip of France—
Conquered Acre
 Richard the Lion Hearted—
Makes truce with Saladin;
gains pilgrimage rights.
Children’s Crusade
 Stephen
of France, “only
innocence can conquer the
Holy Land”
 March to the sea
 Many tricked and sold into
slavery!
 Create legend of . . .