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​1. Introduction--Describe a general cause or causes of the conflict.
A general cause for the Crusades is people wanted control. They all thought they deserved to rule Jerusalem. They all had ideas of why they thought Jerusalem belonged to them. For instance, Jesus was born there, Muhammad rode the winged horse there, and Jews had holy synagoges there. =2. Background--Describe who, what when and where. =
 * The Crusades were a series of wars including the Jews,Christians, and Muslims. But there were many well known individuals through out.
 * The Crusades were a battle between these groups for control over the Holy Land, Jerusalem.
 * The Crusades were basically 3 wars with mini crusades in the middle. They all started at different times but were between 1096-1192 and 1212.
 * The Crusades took place in Europe, Asia, Jerusalem, Middle East, Africa, and Spain.

3. Causal Factors--Describe three factors that led to The Crusades.

 * Everyone wanted to control the Holy city of Jerusalem, (Jews, Muslims, Christians) fought over Jerusalem 1096 through 1192. Plus the Children's Crusade in 1212.
 * The Pope called soldiers to start a crusade to win back the Holy City.
 * Everyone thought they were better than others and did not listen to others ideas as the shism between the churches represents.

4. Most Important Factor--Explain how one factor was more important than the others.
The most important factor is control. Because of this factor, the pope called Christians in for crusades over the Holy City. He did not want others to control the land Christians were supposed to. Or in the third crusade, when Salah al Din united Egypt, Syria, and the lands of the east to start a crusade for Jerusalem. That also shows control. Without control, no one would need the desire to start a crusade when someone other than themselves, were ruling the Holy City.

==5. Impacts--Explain how one religous group and an individual within that group were impacted by The Crusades. == The Jews were impacted in the crusades brutally. They were ill-treated in many ways. They were forced to turn into Christians- which many Jews took as better dying. There was one induvidual in particular, Eleazer ben Judah. He was a writer and his life and career were ruined. "Eleazar underwent great sufferings during the Crusades. On the night of 22 Kislev, 1196, he was engaged on his commentary on //Genesis// (he relates that he had reached the parshah Vayeshev), when two crusaders entered his house and killed his wife Dulcina, his two daughters Belat and Hannah, and his son Jacob." His wife sold parchments in order to support the family and so that Eleazer could devote time to studying. = =

6. Conclusion--Explain how The Crusades could have been avoided.
The crusades could have been avoided if everyone did not see each other as different just because of religion. The Christians started the first crusade because they were 'afraid 'of the Seljuk Turks. They were not used to their religon and the fact that they were NOT Christian. Also, how the crusaders killed and ruined all people who were Jews,during the first crusade, just because they were Jews. Or how the famous muslim king, Salah al Din, united people to start a crusade,in 1189, just because CHRISTIANS were ruling it. If people back then had realized the fact that they all had to look past each other's religon and actually see them for who they are, it would have been a waythe crusades could have been avoided.

7. Works Cited--List your sources in MLA format.
-"Elazer Rokeach".Wikipedia. December 21, 2009. Revision history statistics. March 2, 2010.​[]

-Frey, Wendy. The Medival World and Beyond. United States of America: Teacher's Curriculum Institute,2005. (pages 119-129.)