Basics
What are the Crusades?
Religious wars fought between 900 to 750 years ago.
Pope Urban II
Started the Crusades.
Battle of Civetot
The People's Crusade
Rhineland Massacres
Attacking Jews, belief Jews were the reason for Christ's crucifixion.
Boost in trades
Economic growth because of trades in Europe and the Middle East.
Who fought in the Crusades?
Christians Europeans and Islamic Arabs.
Godfrey of Bouillon
Joined the first Crusade and led it.
Siege of Nicaea
The conquest of a key Byzantine Greek city by the Ottoman Turks. The first major battle of the first Crusade.
Holy Lance at Antioch
The belief of a man said to have found the spear that was used for Jesus.
Cultural Exchange
The Crusades brought back knowledge and ideas from Muslims that has helped develop medicines, sciences, mathematics, etc.
Why did this happen?
Louis VII of France
Leader in second Crusade
Battle of Dorylaeum
The First Crusade
Children's Crusade
The crusade for children.
Byzantine Empire
The Fourth Crusade weakened the Byzantine Empire
Who started the Crusades?
Pope Urban II
Richard the Lionheart
prominent leader in the third Crusade.
Battle of Hattin
The battle that led to the loss of Jerusalem.
Cannibalism
They got too hungry that they started eating humans.
Increased Tensions
Where did the speech happen?
the Council of Clermont in France.
Saladin
Muslim leader who fought against the Crusaders.
Siege of Damascus
The Second Crusade
Badmouthing the Patriarch
European Monarchies
The crusades needed finance and this increased power for European monarchies.