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toc 1. Introduction--Describe a general cause or causes of the conflict. The General cause of the Crusades was the Catholic Church trying to regain power. The were greedy and wanted power over something they couldn't have. =2. Background--Describe who, what when and where. = Pope Urban ll called for a crusade and promised all the people who fought would go to heaven for serving god. Pope Urban then called on bishops at the council and told them to recrute others. The response was posotive. Then each leader of eacgh group would make their seperate ways to the Byzantine capital, Constantinople. 5 major armies of noble men assembled in the late summer of 1096, to set out on the 1st crusade. Most were from France but lots also came frpm Lorraine, Burgundy, Flanders, and southern Italy. The largest and most important group of popular Crusaders was recruited and led by a Picard preacher known as Peter the Hermit. The crusades all took place at the Holy Land.

3. Causal Factors--Describe three factors that led to The Crusades.
The first factors that led to the crusade was the religious feeling. I think the fact that the Pope promised heaven to all who fought was like a bribe. The fighters would do anythihng to please God. The second factor was the threat of the Turks. The Turks kept advancing in the East, and were now a threat to Constantinople. I think the pope also might have wanted to protect the Holy Land from being attacked by unknown forces. The third factor was for power. If the Christians took over the Holy Land then they would be very powerful. If they let the Muslims or Jews have it then they would feel not as powerful.

==4. Most Important Factor--Explain how one factor was more important than the others. == I believe the crusades were caused by religion and the power of the pope. If the pope hadn't have said they were all going to go to heaven if they fought and it was for God, then they probably wouldn't have fought. The pope being a powerful figure the people believed him. The people's lives revolved around religion, so anything that God wanted them to do they would most likely believe him and do what God wanted them to do.

==5. Impacts--Explain how one religious group and an individual within that group were impacted by The Crusades. == I believe Jews were impacted by the crusades the most because the were murdered and caught in the middle. They were all murdered because the Christians wanted the Land. The Christains were kind of greedy. They wanted something they couldn't have. The Jews originally owned the land and it was taken away form them. I don't think it was fair. I am very sad for the Jews that they lost what was most important to them. An individual who was impacted most was Kalonymus Ben Meshullam "On May 27, 1096, he, together with fifty-three others, who had taken refuge in the bishop's palace from the [|Kalonymus_Ben_Meshullam], put themselves to death rather than fall into the hands of the" . [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/] > He died fighting for what he believed. = =

6. Conclusion--Explain how The Crusades could have been avoided.
I believe the crusades could have been avoided by all 3 of the religions talked it out first, instead of just marching in. Also the Christians could have accepted what they already had or talked with the other groups and divided the land equally into thirds or just shared it. I think lots of things could have been done to avoid the Crusades.

7. Works Cited--List your sources in MLA format.
==. [] > <Cause of the Crusades. Middle ages.org March 2, 2010. [|htttp://www,middle-ages.org.uk/cause-or-crusades.htm]> == < David Shy. holysmoke.org. March 2,2010.[|http://www.holysmoke.org/sdhok/crus04.htp]>