Audrey+Brown

​ 1. Introduction--Describe a general cause or causes of the conflict:
- I believe that the Crusades were caused by not greed or religion but jealousy because in the begining it was the Christans that wanted back the city they thought was theirs, Jerusalem.

2. Background--Describe who, what when and where:
- The Christans started when the King asked for help from the Pope and he called to the Nobles for help. And now Christans slaughtered Muslims, because they were in Jerusalem at the time. - This happened in 1096 witch led to Jews and Muslims joining together to at least stand a chance to the crusaders. - The Holy Land is where the Crusades first started. When the Chrisatans decided they wanted Jerusalem back.

3. Causal Factors--Describe three factors that led to The Crusades:
- Some say the Crusades started, because Christans wanted Jerusalem back... that is a factor but there is some other opinions. - Another thing that could be argued, was that the Muslims, Jews, and Christans all thought that this was where their "Jesus" or "Muhammad" found God so they think that Jerusalem deserves to be theirs. -Another factor, is that the Muslims "had" Jerusalem and the Christans wanted it, some people blame the Muslims, but I say that weight could be on either sides.

4. Most Important Factor--Explain how one factor was more important than the others:
- I think that the most inportant factor was the factor "Some say why the Crusades started were because Christans wanted Jerusalem back" that I wrote earlier. I think that this the most inportant factor becuase if this didn't happen I think that the crusades in general wouldn't of happened. Like it says on gbgm-umc.org "Since the time of Consatntine, Christians had gone on pilgrimages to the Holy Land. Even though Muslims had ruled Jerusalem since 638, Christians were still allowed to visit the city. By the 11th century, however, the situation had changed."

5. Impacts--Explain how one religous group and an individual within that group were impacted by The Crusades:
-The Jews were slaughtered during the Crusades like Christina Pomoni wrote "There were Jewish communities, some quite large, throughout Europe and the Middle East before the Crusades. They had established themselves and survived over the course of many centuries, but they also provided tempting targets for marauding Crusaders".Eliezer ben Nathon was a Jew living in one of the German cities in Middle Europe. He wrote about the people of his town killing their children and themselves just to keep there religoin. His book is a persecution of 1096.

6. Conclusion--Explain how The Crusades could have been avoided:
- As you can see even though the Christans might of started the crusades, Muslims and Jews paid a big part of it... they could of instead of fighting for the city and ruining some religions, they could just share the city that started it all... Jerusalem...

7. Works Cited--List your sources in MLA format:
-Pomoni, Christina. "The History of Jews during the Crusades" June 27, 2009. articlebase.com. Accessed March 1, 2010. []

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