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1. Introduction--Describe a general cause or causes of the conflict.
I believe the main cause of the Crusades was greed. Everyone wanted something more, bigger, and better than the rest, and they had no intention of sharing this wealth power, or control.Without this fact no one would have fought over the Holy Land and, most likely, no more Crusades would have been launched.

2. Background--Describe who, what when and where.
Who: Some Important Groups or figures were, Muslims, Christians, Jews, Salah al-din, King Richard, Pope Urban II... What: Some things that led to the Crusades were, Ownership of the Holy Land, Religious Ideals over Jerusalem. When: The Crusades took place during, 1096-1296 (200 years) Where: Some Areas where the Crusades led were, Jerusalem, Damuscus, Holy Land, Lebenon, Syria, Anatolia, Turkey, Europe, Spain, Clermont...

3. Causal Factors--Describe three factors that led to The Crusades.
1. Pope Urban II calling for the council of Clermont led to the call of the Crusades. 2. All religions believing they had ownership over the Holy Land for thier religious ideas, led to the Fight for the Holy Land. 3. Muslims taking the Holy city of Jerusalem under their control led to the Chirstians believing them unholy to hold it, and that they were andvancing to close to Constantinople.

4. Most Important Factor--Explain how one factor was more important than the others.
The most important factor was greed, hunger for control of the Holy Land. Everyone had a reason to control the area and so all religions claimed government of the Holy Land. So all Groups were forced into combat to decide which religion would control the Holy Land, and Jerusalem. They all had a purpose to enter this war because of the greed for "their" land and all were willing to fight for it.

5. Impacts--Explain how one religous group and an individual within that group were impacted by The Crusades.
Chistians were impacted by the Crusades in several ways. One, was that the Chirstians had been able to find and control more land and cities and expand thier way of life and religion. A negative impact was that they had lost areas of land and had lost many of thier people during the wars and because of the conflict even lost some of their religious followers, and leaders. Another impact was on a man named Peter the Hermit, Peter was a Priest and during the Crusades became a well renowned one at that, he had been able to bring in an entire army of followers from his preaching in the streets and in other public areas. "There was a priest by name...In response to his constant admonition (scolding) and his call (for a Crusade) every class of Christian profession, nay also women, and those influenced by the spirit of penance (seeking forgiveness of sins) all joyfully entered upon this expedition" (Albert). Although his army was badly beaten, and with it one of the Crusades leaders, Peter had, at the time, been in Constantinople,to gather reinforcements, more followers. From then he was in not in any other, or at least not a key figure, Crusades but the first, The Peoples Crusade.

6. Conclusion--Explain how The Crusades could have been avoided.
With the main cause being greed, the Crusades could have been avoided by,sharing the Holy Land among the three groups, or to split it among the groups or come to an agreement about it. If this was done the Crusades may have been avoided, and many people would not have died, and things here may be very different, as well as things in other places.

7. Works Cited--List your sources in MLA format.
1.Wikipedia contributors. "First Crusade." //Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia//. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 1 Mar. 2010. Web. 2 Mar. 2010.[|Wikipedia The First Crusade]

2.Wikipedia contributors. "Peter the Hermit." //Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia//. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 28 Feb. 2010. Web. 2 Mar. 2010. [|Wikipedia Peter The Hermit]

3.O'Neal, Michael J.. "Peter the Hermit Biography." [|Crusades Biographies]. Ed. Marcia Merryman Means and Neil Schlager. UXL-GALE, 2005. [|eNotes.com] 2006. 2 Mar, 2010 [|Peter the Hermit Crusades Biography]