The Crusades- Notes

Seljuq Turks- Muslim people from Central Asia, gained control of Palestine
Palestine-The Holy Land
Crusades-A series of Military expeditions to regain the Holy Land
Cruciata- means"marked with cross"
       The First Crusades
-lasted from 1096 to 1099
-French and Italian Lords led several armies of crusaders from Europe to Constantiople
-the crusaders capture of Jerusalem  brought much of the Holy land under Europes control


        Other Major Crusades
-The second Crusades
   -Turks started taking back cities the crusaders had captures
   -the second Crusades started 1147
   -France and German forces joined together and still lost to the Turks

-The Third Crusades
   -in 1187 the muslim leader Saladin gained control of Jerusalem
   -this crusades lasted from 1189 to 1192
   -When Barbarossa drowned on the way to the Holy Land his army turned back

-The Fourth Crusades
   -Pope Innocent III gathered a group of French knights for the fourth crusade
   -In 1202 they lef ton ship provided by the Italian City-State of Venice
   -1204 the crusaders attacked and looted Constantinople

-Other Crusades
   -in 1212 the Childrens Crusade took place. (young people decided to march to the Holy Land and regain it for Christian Europe even though they lacked adequate training, equipment, and supplies.)
   - some returned home while others were tricked into boarding ship and sent off to slavery.

-Results of the Crusaders
   -The goal of the Crusaders was to take control of the Holy Land
   -Weapons were crossbows and  armor was mostly made of chain mail
   -To get money some people sold land. During the crusade the Christian Church became more powerful then ever.
   -between 1096 and 1291 thousands of Crusaders traveled to the Holy land
   -Europeans also began buying apricots, lemons, melons, rice, and sugar.