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== 1. Introduction--Describe a general cause or causes of the conflict. Conflict=Crusades. The crusades were bloody battles fought by three religions, Muslims, Jews, and Christians. A cause of this conflict was a threat posed by a very strong army, the Seljuks. == ** 2. Background--Describe who, what when and where **. ** There were many different people who fought in he crusades. There were popes, children, knights, nobles. The religions that fought were the Jews, Muslims, and the Christians. Individuals that were involved were King Richard, Pope Urban ** ** II, ** ** and many church leaders. The conflict was the Crusades. The though the point of the crusades was to take control of the other religions and to capture Jerusalem. The Crusades took place in many places, such as Jerusalem, Syria, Constantinople, and Clermont. ** ** 3. Causal Factors--Describe three factors that led to The Crusades. **** The three factors that led to the crusades were- one, the Seljuks posed a threat to the Christians because they were killing Christians. Two, the pope called for people to fight. Three, the pope promoted the fight because he promised the Christians who fought heaven. **   == The crusades could have been avoided by one thing, if the Seljuks didn’t pose a threat the whole mess, I think, could have been avoided. What would happen? Nobody really knows. The Christians might still have taken over Jerusalem and the Muslims might have had control on it for many years more. But you can’t change history, unfortunately, because then I wouldn’t be doing this essay. == **7. Works Cited--List your sources in MLA format** **. ** Bower, Bert, and Jim Lobdell. //History Alive!// Palo Alto, Calif.: Teachers' Curriculum Institute, 2005
 * 4. Most Important Factor--Explain how one factor was more important than the others. ** ** The most important factor in this I think would have to be the threat posed by the Seljuks. I pick this one because if not for the threat then there probably would be no crusades. The Christians put on a defensive mode and won. **
 * 5. Impacts--Explain how one religious group and an individual within that group were impacted by The Crusades. **
 * The Christians were the first to attack Jerusalem. They massacred the Jews and then Muslims. One individual who was a Christian was Pope Urban ** II ** . He was with great power and had promised heaven to others. Depending on what you believe many people were in outrage and others fought a bloody battle to go to heaven. **
 * 6. Conclusion--Explain how the Crusades could have been avoided ** ** . **

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