Colin+Brown

=​​​​​ 1. Introduction--Describe a general cause or causes of the conflict. = =I believe the Jews had a little impact on the crusades because they could never win a battle.= =​= = 2. Background--Describe who, what when and where. = **The people involved in the crusades were the muslims, Jews, and Christians. Its was located in Asia, The Holy Land, Europe, and Spain. The timezone it was in was around 1096-1292 (The battles took place in that timezone)** = = = 3. Causal Factors--Describe three factors that led to The Crusades =

4.Most important factor--Explain how one factor was more important than the others.
==The medieval "Crusade" was a holy war. Which meant it had to be sanctioned by the pope and conducted against groups seen as enemies of Christendom. Thats what happend and to me was the most inportant factor==

6. Conclusion--Explain how The Crusades could have been avoided.
The phrasing of that question implies that the crusades were inevitable, it was a culmination of events that lead to them(Muslim threats to Byzantine, Papal consolidation of power etc.) however the first crusade was still a political decision not a forced move. Without them a lot would have been different, the subsequent loss of the holy land in the second crusade lead to several further fruitless crusades to reclaim it. The crusades were one of the defining moments of Christianity as the pope(previously only the bishop of Rome) was continuing to promote himself the de facto head of Christendom with the power to grant entrance to Heaven etc. Thats only two reasons out of numerous which i cant think of now.

7. Works Cited--List your sources in MLA format.

 * How did the Crusades affect the Jews, Answers. Google, 3/3/10 [] **