Quiz Flashcards

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What are the Crusades?

A

Sets of wars of which the Christians and Muslims battled for the middle East

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2
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When did the Crusades start?

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The Crusades began in 1096

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3
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Who did the Christians Free from Muslim Rule?

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Jerusalem

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4
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Who was threatening the Byzantine empire in 1050?

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Seljuk Turks

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Who did emperor Alexis l ask for help from and what did he want?

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Emperor Alexis l asked pope Urban for Christian knights to beat to fight the Muslim Turks

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6
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Who wanted the Crusaders to free the Holy land?

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Urban

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7
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Why did so many embark on the Crusaders?

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There are many reasons and some are; Religious reasons, gaining wealth and land, trying to escape trouble at home, and adventure

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Why did Urban agreed to give the knights to emperor Alexis l?

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He gave them the knights because Religion motives, more power for Europe, heal schism, split between the Roman and the Byzantine empire, wanted to grow population in knights by using the land in the middle east, and lastly wanted to ease warfare

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9
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What happened in in 1099

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Christian knight captured Jerusalem; killed Muslim and Jewish residence

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10
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What did the Crusaders do with the land they captured?

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They made them into small Crusaders states, and since the Muslims tried to destroy these states Europe commencing new Crusaders

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What happened in 1887

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Salah al din had made Jerusalem fall into Muslim leadership; Saladin reopened the the holy city to Christian pilgrims

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What happened in 1204?

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Merchants from northern Italy helped defeat the Byzantine empire, and Crusaders captured and looted Constantinople and the Byzantine empire

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What happened in 1291?

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They had captured the last christian outpost and killed all it’s residence

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