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The Crusades began as Catholic The Crusades began as Catholic Europe learned that the Muslims had Europe learned that the Muslims had conquered the holy landconquered the holy land

The first battle of the Crusade was The first battle of the Crusade was the siege and conquering of Antioch the siege and conquering of Antioch in 1098in 1098

Less than a year later, Jerusalem fell Less than a year later, Jerusalem fell to the Europeansto the Europeans

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The Crusades were The Crusades were sanctioned by the sanctioned by the Roman Catholic Roman Catholic ChurchChurch

Led primarily by Led primarily by French soldiers, French soldiers, and some from the and some from the Holy Roman EmpireHoly Roman Empire Of this groups you Of this groups you

also have the also have the Knights TemplarKnights Templar

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The campaigns were originally The campaigns were originally designed to give Christians control of designed to give Christians control of the Holy Land the Holy Land However, it became a war of obliteration However, it became a war of obliteration

and exterminationand extermination Christians always believed that their Christians always believed that their

cause was Holycause was Holy The R. Catholic Church did a good job The R. Catholic Church did a good job

hiding the real reasons for the warshiding the real reasons for the wars

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Again, the first city Again, the first city that fell was Antioch in that fell was Antioch in 10981098

In 1099, the Christian In 1099, the Christian knights took control of knights took control of JerusalemJerusalem Once inside the city, the Once inside the city, the

European knights killed European knights killed every Christian, Muslim, every Christian, Muslim, and Jewand Jew

The European knights The European knights spared no onespared no one

The Siege of Antioch

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Again, once inside the city walls, the Again, once inside the city walls, the Christians spared no oneChristians spared no one Every citizen of Jerusalem that was not a Every citizen of Jerusalem that was not a

part of the Crusader army died, even part of the Crusader army died, even the Christiansthe Christians

The Christians that were killed were not The Christians that were killed were not Roman Catholic, so therefore they were Roman Catholic, so therefore they were inferiorinferior

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Once Jerusalem fell, Once Jerusalem fell, Europeans began Europeans began flocking to the holy flocking to the holy landland

For the next 100 years For the next 100 years there is relative peacethere is relative peace

Then conflict stirs up Then conflict stirs up again as Saladin again as Saladin begins marching begins marching against themagainst them Saladin is one of the Saladin is one of the

most revered Muslim most revered Muslim commanders to have commanders to have ever livedever lived

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Saladin managed to re-capture Saladin managed to re-capture Jerusalem, and gave the Christians Jerusalem, and gave the Christians safe passage to the sea to return to safe passage to the sea to return to EuropeEurope

Within the Saladin’s lifetime, the Within the Saladin’s lifetime, the English tried to re-capture the Holy English tried to re-capture the Holy Land, under Richard the Lion-heartLand, under Richard the Lion-heart

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Richard the Lion-heart was Richard the Lion-heart was unsuccessful in his campaign to unsuccessful in his campaign to recapture Jerusalemrecapture Jerusalem

This led to an uneasy alliance in the This led to an uneasy alliance in the Middle East between Christian and Middle East between Christian and Muslim forcesMuslim forces The theatre in the Middle East becomes The theatre in the Middle East becomes

loss for the Europeansloss for the Europeans

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Despite not being victorious in the Despite not being victorious in the Middle East, The Christians do Middle East, The Christians do manage to kick the Muslims outmanage to kick the Muslims out They do this by eliminating the Muslim They do this by eliminating the Muslim

threat from Spainthreat from Spain They force all of the Muslims back to They force all of the Muslims back to

AfricaAfrica They then begin to eliminate other They then begin to eliminate other

non-Christians from Europe as wellnon-Christians from Europe as well

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The Catholics of The Catholics of Europe then begin a Europe then begin a massive witch hunt in massive witch hunt in northern Europenorthern Europe The Viking pagans still The Viking pagans still

refuse to convertrefuse to convert Catholics Catholics

systematically hunt systematically hunt them down and force them down and force them convert or kill them convert or kill themthem

Legacy of the CrusadesLegacy of the Crusades

The legacy of the Crusades is that The legacy of the Crusades is that Europe once again tried to rule the Europe once again tried to rule the worldworld

It was a religious war, and a war of It was a religious war, and a war of bigotrybigotry

The Christians succeeded in The Christians succeeded in eliminating the Muslim threat in eliminating the Muslim threat in Europe for at least a few centuriesEurope for at least a few centuries