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 The Crusades  

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The crusades began in 1095. The reason of this holy war was for the control of Jerusalem. This war was mostly fought between the christans and the muslums. The Christans wanted the holy land was because thier savior was born their and the reason that the muslums wanted it was because thier profit assended into heaven there. For more info on this subject click here.

media type="youtube" key="JYYJhKKM844" width="425" height="350" The impact of the crusades

Weapons and armor of the crusades  Weapons and armor were very simple.The weapons includedDaggers,Lances,Maces,Flails,Broad swords and ﻿ ﻿ ﻿long swords dagger

longsword

 Flail

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 200%;">broad sword

<span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 300%;"> Major People of the Crusades

william the conqueror <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 39px; line-height: 58px;">Saladin
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 400%;"> ﻿ ﻿ william was the king of england from 1066-1887.
 * He called for a census called the doomsday book
 * he fought the crusaders and desperately tried to claim Jerusalem yet he failed
 * he retreated two times from Jerusalem

Map Of the Crusades this map shows the crusades# 1-4 and who controlled what territory

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 39px; line-height: 58px;">Importance of Jerusalem <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; line-height: 58px;"> <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; line-height: 58px;">To The Christians-


 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">said to be the site of Jesus' death on the cross
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">place that holds the tomb of Jesus

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; line-height: 58px;">To The Muslims
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; line-height: 58px;">place where Muhammad entered into heaven with their god Allah
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; line-height: 58px;"> housed the mecca (the main place of prayer for Muslims)

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 52px; line-height: 78px;"> Results of the Crusades <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%;">

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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> The crusades lasted for 34 years and finnaly ended in 1291 a.d. the result of the Crusades was the weakening of the power of those very barons who fought in the wars.some more positive results where the growth of cities. these cities grew because of the noble became less important and the merchants became rich. the cites in turn grew because of the trade.In the end, Jerusalem was taken by the Christans. =====

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