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He was the founder of Islam.
Who was Muhammad?
In 1453, the Ottoman Turks succeeded in capturing this major city.
What is Constantinople?
The act of taking control of land and its people by force.
What is conquest?
A journey undertaken for a religious purpose.
What is a pilgrimage?
Alexius I asked Pope Urban to help all Christians being attacked by this group?
Who are Muslim Turks?
This person urged Christians to free the shrines of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
Who was Pope Urban II?
The Muslim warriors were able to win an important victory over this great ancient Syrian city.
What is Damascus?
Something that a group of people believe in or fight for.
What is a cause?
To change from one belief or religion to another.
What is convert?
Pope Urban II asked all Christians to help win back this area where Jesus had once lived.
What is the Holy Land or Jerusalem?
The Byzantine Emperor who asked the pope for help for all Christians.
Who was Alexius I?
This empire is where members of the Eastern Orthodox Christian Church were located.
What is the Byzantine Empire?
By 1453 the Islamic Empire was dominated by another group of Turks known as this.
What are the Ottoman Turks?
A person whose job is copying written information.
What is a scribe?
Many Christians unite in the first battle of what is known as this.
What are the Crusades?
The brave and heroic king of England who led the Christians in the Third Crusade.
Who was Richard the Lionhearted?
The holy city of Jewish and Christian people.
What is Jerusalem?
The number of Crusades fought.
What is 8?
A person who does not accept or follow the ideas of a particular religion.
What is a heretic?
These two religious groups fought each other for the Holy Land.
Who are the Christians and the Muslims?
The ruler of Egypt and Syria who led the Muslims in the Third Crusade.
Who was Saladin?
The continent that Christians who fought in The Crusades were from.
What is Europe?
Amount of years The Crusades lasted. (an estimate is acceptable)
What is 177 years (about 200 years)
Related to religion; holy.
What is sacred?
At the time of the Crusades, the Holy Land had been under Muslim control for this long.
What is nearly four hundred years?