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100

The Pope who answered the Byzantine request for help

Pope Urban II

100

Jewish people in the Middle Ages became subject to this in part due to the Crusades

Libel, Attacks, Expulsions

100
The type of cities the Crusaders avoided due to their extensive defense systems

Coastal

100

The year the first crusaders reached Jerusalem 

1099

100

The format in which the "Holy City" was taken by the Crusaders

Massacre, Violent, Unpeaceful

200

The leader of the Byzantines

Alexius I

200

The place that Christians wanted to "Reclaim"

Jerusalem 

200

The geographical group made up most of the first Crusade's warriors

French

200

The year in which the Council of Clairmont in Southern France

1095

200

The Pope's claim as he attempted to recruit soldiers 

"Your sins will be forgiven"

300

The monastic leader who called for a second crusade

Bernard of Clairvaux

300

By the Mid- 1400s these three nation-states emerged as strong dominant forces in Europe

Spain, England, France

300

The group of Muslims who took over Asia Minor

Seljuk Turks

300

The year the Crusaders sacked constantinople

1204

300

The name that Christians used for non-believers

Infidels

400

Who initiated the Fourth Crusade

Pope Innocent III
400
The agreement between Richard the Lionhearted and Saladin after the Third Crusade

Christian pilgrims had free access to Jerusalem

400

Conquered the Byzantine Empire in 1453

Ottoman Turks

400

The year Antioch was captured

1098

400

The Crusades helped break down this social structure

Feudalism

500

Sultan of Egypt who "reclaimed" Jerusalem from Christian control 

Saladin

500

The majority of French children who partook in the Children's Crusade had this result

They were taken to North Africa and sold into slavery

500

Rich Italian port cities 

Genoa, Pisa, Venice

500

The year Muslims "reclaimed" Jerusalem under the Sultan of Egypt

1187

500

The Second Crusade was a total failure despite having the two leaders (Conrad III & King Louis VII) of these important nations

Germany and France