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=** ​Hi. This is a project about The Crusades. By Riley Alexander, and Shane Mosholder. **=
 * What were The Crusades? ** The crusades were multiple holy wars that took place in Medieval England. These "Holy Wars" as they were also called, was the english military fighting against the Muslims, in the 1076, because the Muslims had captured Jerusalem, where Christ, who was born in Bethlehem, spent most of his life, making Jerusalem a very important place to all Christians when Christ was sacrificed. But, Jerusalem was also important to the Muslims because Muhammed, the "founder" of Muslim faith, the Muslims felt great joy when Jerusalem was captured. A rock in which Muhammad prayed on is so holy the no Muslim is aloud to tread on or touch while visiting the dome in which it was in. The Muslims and the Christians had a holy war that lasted neary 200 years over Jerusalem. The Muslims fought to keep Jerusalem while the Christians were trying to take Jerusalem back.

media type="youtube" key="mXed3tvR_-g" height="344" width="425" ** What were the causes of The Crusades? **The reason for the crusades was a war between Christians and Muslims which centered around the city of Jerusalem. The city of Jerusalem held a Holy significance to the Christian Religion. The church of Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem commemorated the hill of crucifixion and the tomb of Jesus's burial and was visited by pilgrims. In 1065, Jerusalem was taken by the turks and 3000 christians were massacred starting a chain of events which contributed to the cause of the Crusades.

**What were some of the weapons used during The Crusades?** The ballista was the simplest weapon. It was like a giant crossbow that could shoot arrows a distance of 350-450 yards. **The trebuchet was the most powerful siege weapon. It was a catapult that could fling rocks long range. **A battering ram was a log cut from a heavy tree. It was then tied onto a penthouse to protect the knight from arrows and it took twelve men to swing it. All these siege weapons were used to get into Jerusalem by the knights of the Crusades. Other knights would try to dig under ground and then set wall supports on fire underground trying to get the walls to fall. Knights also tried to get into Jerusalem was to put long ladders against the wall and trying to climb them without being pushed over or having boiling liquids poured onto them, as many soldiers would often do to keep them out.
 *  What was the time line of The Crusades? ** The First crusade was fought from **1096 to 1099.**The First Crusade played a very important part in Medieval England. The First Crusade was an attempt to re-capture Jerusalem. After the capture of Jerusalem by the Muslims in **1076**, any Christian who wanted to pay a pilgrimage to the city faced a very hard time. Muslim soldiers made life very difficult for the Christians and trying to get to Jerusalem was filled with danger for a Christian. This got all the Christians mad. The second crusade was fought from **1147 to 1149**. The third Crusade was fought from **1187 to 1189.** The third crusade was lead by a great ruler named Saladin. Saladin was a great Muslim leader. His real name was Salah al-Dih Yusuf. He united and lead the Muslim World in **1187**, he recaptured Jerusalem for the Muslims after defeating the King of Jerusalem at the Battle of Hattin near the Lake of Galilee. When his soldiers entered the city of Jerusalem, they were not allowed to kill civilians, rob people or damage the city. The more successful Saladin was, the more he was seen by the Muslims as being their natural leader. The fourth crusade was fought from **1201 to 1204,** and the fifth from **1218** to **1221**. The sixth and seventh crusades were also very important, being fought from **1228 to 1229,** and from **1248 to 1254.** Now all of these holy wars were a series of years, but the final crusade was only fought in the year **1270.** All of these wars were very important in the same aspect.


 * Information on The First Crusade can be found on this helpful little page I found. Just by clicking on The Link In Blue <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 115%;">, you can see the sight.

The link that takes you to the weapons site is in blue.

A lot of good thing about the Crusades is on this page **

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;"> ** Major People of The Crusades. ** **//Pope Urban II//** - called upon the Christians for a war to be fought against the Turks. The Fourth Crusade was initiated in 1202 by //**Pope Innocent III**//.
 * //Bernard of Clairvaux//** - called 2nd Crusade to be done.
 * //Saladin//** - conquered Jerusalem after nearly a century under Christian rule, fighting on the side of the Muslims.
 * //Pope Gregory VIII//** called for the third crusade, which was led by several of Europe's most important leaders: **//Philip II of France, Richard I of England,// and //Frederick I//**

<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #6d38dc; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> Maps of The Crusades. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;"> `


 * <span style="color: #2ff014; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; text-align: center;">More Pictures of maps of the crusades can be found at google.com by typing in maps of the crusades. **<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">

<span style="color: #00ffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;"> This video isnt very informative, but i thought it had some pretty cool pictures on the Crusades <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;"> media type="youtube" key="WEFP5yBBBME" height="344" width="425"

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