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Bellringer

Bellringer. Turn in any late current events on my desk! Answer the following question in your notes:

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Bellringer

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  1. Bellringer • Turn in any late current events on my desk! • Answer the following question in your notes: • Imagine that you have never left your neighborhood before, and the pope has called you to defend holy places in a faraway land. The journey is long and dangerous, but you will see new places and win glory for your family. How do you feel about joining this war? Would you go?

  2. The Crusades • The Big Idea • The Christian and Muslim cultures fought over holy sites during a series of medieval wars. • Main Ideas • The pope called on Crusaders to invade the Holy Land. • Despite some initial success, the later Crusades failed. • The Crusades changed Europe forever.

  3. Main Idea 1:The pope called on crusaders to invade the Holy Land. • The Crusades were a long series of wars between Christians and Muslims in Southwest Asia. • The wars were fought over control of Palestine. • Palestine was considered the Holy Land, because it was the region where Jesus had lived, preached, and died.

  4. Causes of the Crusades • Palestine and Jerusalem, part of the Holy Land, had fallen into the hands of Turkish Muslims. • The Turks attacked Christian pilgrims in the Holy Land and made it dangerous to travel. • The Turks began to raid the Byzantine Empire, so their pope called on the Roman Catholic Church for help.

  5. A Call to Arms • Pope Urban II called on Christians to retake the Holy Land. • Five thousand men came to fight and sewed crosses on their clothing to show that they were fighting for God. • The word crusade comes from the Latin for “marked with a cross.” • Why did people join the Crusades?

  6. The First Crusade • On the way to the Holy Land, the crusaders attacked Jews in Germany, blaming them for the death of Jesus. • Before the Crusaders reached the Holy Land, the Turks killed most of the untrained and ill-equipped peasants. • The nobles and knights moved on and defeated the disorganized Muslim army at Jerusalem. • The crusaders set up four small kingdoms in the Holy Land and began trading with Europe. The rulers of these kingdoms created a lord and vassal system like they had known at home.

  7. Main Idea 2:Despite some initial success the later Crusades failed. • The Christians were unable to keep the Muslims from taking back land that had been won in the First Crusades. • Europeans launched more Crusades, but they were not successful. • The Second Crusades were a complete failure. • Third Crusade: Richard I v. Saladin • Fourth Crusade: Christians attacked Constantinople! • By 1291 the Muslim armies had taken back all of the Holy Land, and the Crusades had ended.

  8. Failures of the Crusades • The Crusaders had to travel far, and many died along the way. • The Crusaders weren’t prepared to fight in the desert climate. • The Christians were outnumbered and had poor leadership.

  9. Connect! • 1. Why did the Byzantine emperor ask Pope Urban II for help? • 2. Where does the word “crusade” come from? • 3. What did the First Crusade accomplish? • 4. Why did the later Crusades fail? • 5. How do you think the Crusades affect Muslim attitudes towards Christians in the West?

  10. Homework! • On a piece of paper, write a 30-second radio commercial to recruit knights to fight in a Crusade. Try to come up with a slogan to persuade knights to fight. OR • Create a recruitment poster to accomplish the same thing. Be creative in your drawing! DUE TOMORROW!

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