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The emperor asked for help against the Muslim Turks.
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IGNORE THE MONTH AND DAY!
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Few would return from the journey. Kings & the Church saw the Crusades as an opportunity to get rid of quarrelsome knights who fought each other.
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They were ill-prepared for their holy war. They didn't have a grand strategy. They didn't know anything about the geography, climate, or culture of the Holy Land. The nobles couldn't agree on a leader either,
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The Crusaders had won a strip of land that stretched about 400 miles from Edessa in the North to Jerusalem in the South.
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The Reconquista was a long effort to drive the Muslims out of Spain.
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The second Crusade was organized to recapture the city. But its armies straggled home in defeat.
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His own people considered him a most devout man. Even the Christians regarded him as honest & brave. He wished to chase the Crusaders back into their own territories.
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Saladin promised the Muslims that unarmed Christian pilgrims could freely visit the city's holy places because Muslim still controlled Jerusalem, until further notice.
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The religious spirit of the first Crusade faded, replaced by a search for personal gain.
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The knights who took part in this fourth Crusade became entangled in Italian & Byantine politics.
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Thousands of kids set out for the Holy Land, armed with only the belief that God would give them Jerusalem. Many children died from the cold & from starvation on their march south to the Mediterranean. One group turned back & the rest drowned at sea or were sold into slavery.
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Granada fell to the Christian army of Ferdinand & Isabella, the spanish monarchs.
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To unify their country under Christianity & to consolidate their power, Isabella & Ferdinand made use of the Inquisition.
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Once they confessed of heresy, they were often burned at the stake.