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1- Introduction--Describe a general cause or causes of the conflict.
= = The crusades were a series of religious military campaigns. These involved the christians, the jews, and the muslims

2. Background--Describe who, what when and where.
The first crusades took place in palistine and jerusilum and lasted 1096-1099. the second crusade took place in anatolia, damascus, and jerusilum from 1146-1148. The thrid crusade took plase in palistine and jerusilum from 1202-1204.

3. Causal Factors--Describe three factors that led to The Crusades.
Three resons for thee crusades are that the christians wanted control of the holy land but the jews and muslims wanted it to. so they fought over it. an other reson is the seljeks takeing over every thing, it woried the christians and the byzantians. lastly the fear that the muslims wouldent let christians and jews make pilgramidges to the holy land

4. Most Important Factor--Explain how one factor was more important than the others.
The most important reson for the crusades was the holy land, the want, fear, and protection of the holy land. the christians because of Jesus, the jews because of the tempal, and the muslis besauae of muhammad.

5. Impacts by The Crusades.--Explain how one religous group and an individual within that group were impacted
The crusades impacted the christians by bringing great econamical change, kings started tax systems, knights started banking funds, and monarchs gaind powe wich ended feudalism. It also changed their way of life. people started wearing diferent things, people started eating different things, and people started tradeing different things.- //__Individual__// Anna Comena questioned wether the crusaders were really fighting for god. she thought that the crusaders wanted land, money, and glory. To Anna the first crusaders were ''barbarians with manors for beneath those of the wealthy cosmopolitan byzantians. = =

6. Conclusion--Explain how The Crusades could have been avoided.
-I believe that the crusades could have been avoided if people had stoped worrieing about what might happen to the holy land and resolve the matter.

7. Works Cited--List your sources in MLA format.
Barret, tracy Anna of byzantim __womaninworldhistory__.com woman in world history curriculum, accessed feb-27- 2010 