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media type="youtube" key="F9spSHJe1EY" height="364" width="445" The Crusades 

The Crusades were holy wars with the Muslims against the Christians. Both religions and groups of people were basically fighting for who gets Jerusalem. Jerusalem is a big part of both religions. [|More Crusade Info]

 Causes of the Crusades

The Crusades were started because the Emporer of the Byzantine empire sent an appeal to ask for help to fight the Seljuk Turks who invaded the holy city of Constantinople and also the region around it like Anatolia. Another reason was Popl Urban II was trying to keep knights from fighting with each other by fighting the real enemy. This caused Muslims to go against the Eastern Roman Empire. Another reason they were fighting is because they both wanted to rule and be in Jerusalem, the holy city.


 * = **Crusade** ||   ||= **Duration**  ||


 * 1st ||  ||= 1096 - 1099  ||


 * = 2nd ||   ||= 1147 - 1149  ||


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<span style="color: #404040; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">The most famous people of the crusades would have to have been Pope Urban II, Richard the first from England (Richard the lionhearted) and Saladin. Pope Urban II was the main cause the first crusade started in the first place. Richard and Saladin were fighting in the 3rd crusade and they made a treaty. The treaty said that Muslim people could rule in Jerusalem, but unarmed Christian people were allowed to visit and worship there. This was a pretty significant event. Check out the page to see the weapons they used?!
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Jerusalem was important to both religions. This is why everyone was fighting over it. Jerusalem is the most holy land to these religions. Their whole religion revolves around the Holy Land.