Amber+Caudle

The general cause of this conflict is religion. More pacific the fight for Jerusalem. Jerusalem is important to all religons because some big religious thing happened in Jerusalem.

 * For muslims it was Muhammad flying up on the winged horse through the 7 layers of heaven.
 * Or for the christians where Jesus was crucified.
 * Or just a place for deep worship like it was for the Jews.


 * Some of the groups involved in the crusades were Christians, Jews, Muslims, monguls,seljuks,poor, children without all these groups the crusades wouldn't have gone on, because they had no fighters.
 * some important individuals involved in the crusades were Pope Urban II who started the crusades, Ghangis khong was an enemy to muslims and a friend to monguls, and Peter the Hermit a leader to the poor.
 * There were a ton of important dates during the crusades. Like 1095 when the Pope Urban ll called for the crusades. The whole crusades lasted from 1096-1099. The childrens crusades started in 1212.
 * The crusades happened in a lot of places like Constantinople, the Byzantine capital. Which was the first city to be battled and deafeated in the crusades. Battles took place in the Holy land, Anitoch, Anatolia, Spain, and France.
 * But the most important place I think is where it alll started in Clermont.
 * The whole point of the war was Jerusalem and the religious beliefs that lied withn Jerusalem.
 * The Crusades was a war between European Christians and Arabic Muslims with Jews, Monguls, and Seljuks sprinkled in.

** 3. Casual Factors--Describe three factors that led to the Crusade. **

 * The Pope calling for a meeting at Clermont. Which is the reason the whole crusades started.
 * Jerusalem is also a factor because it was what the crusaders were fighting for.
 * When Jews 1st used Jerusalem it became valuable and everyone wanted it for their own personal needs.
 * Merchants encouradged the crusades because it helped them with money problems because the crusaders needed food,shelter, and other supplies.

4. Most Important Factor--Explain how one factor was more important than the others.
To me the most important factor was when the pope called for the crusades in Clermont. Because if the Pope hadnt called for that meeting then the whole crusade wouldnt have started and so many peoples lives, homes, families, and religions would have been spared. I think that the Pope was thinking of himself when he called for the crusades I think he thought our religion is better than everyone elses religion and he figured that he might be able to let people of other religions in to pray or worship Jerusalem for a small fee. Making the Pope rich.

5. Impacts--Explain how one religous group and an individual within that group were impacted by The Crusades.
The Christians were affected by the crusades alot with land loss and gain. The christians gained new trade routes through out the middle east. Which also helped with the decline of feudalism. On the bad side Tons of people died and were forced to give up everything. Pope Urban ll wasn't really impacted the crusades it was more him impacting the crusades. Pope Urban started the crusades. He called for a meeting in Clermont where he started the fight for Jerusalem. When the Pope called for the crusades I think that he either had his beliefs or money in mind. I understand that he wouldv'e wanted the crusades for his beliefs because the main cause for the crusades was Jerusalem and he might of wanted it for the christians and their religious beliefs. I could also see Pope Urban calling the crusades for money because he could let other religions in to Jerusalem to pray for a small fee.

= 6. Conclusion--Explain how The Crusades could have been avoided. = I think the crusades could have been avoided if the Pope and the other feligions hadn't been so greedy. Because the Pope had either wanted Jerusalem or money all for himself and christians. So if maybe they had like seperate praying centers for each religion then they could have shared Jerusalem and all it had to offer.