BY: Sydney Dailer, Sydney Robinson, Cy Akana, Thomas Mark, Liam Thuman, and

Connor Garrett

What are the Crusades?

Any of the military expeditions undertaken by Christian
Church in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries to win the Holy
Land from the Muslims.

Pope Urban II
Done By: Cy Akana!

Pope Urban II was the Pope at the time the

Crusades started.
Messengers from the Byzantine Emperor Alexius
Comnenus had urged the pope to send help
against the armies of Muslim Turks.
The Pope asked the warriors of Europe to liberate
the Holy Land from the Muslims.

Thomas Mark

What Caused The First Crusade?

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In 1095 an assembly of holy soldiers called upon by Pope

Urban II met at Clermont, France

- Messengers from the Byzantine Emperor had convinced

the pope to send help because they told him christians
were being prosecuted
- In November the pope asked the warriors of Europe to
conquer the Land from the Muslims

The Beginning of the Crusades

The first crusade started in 1095 where a group of churchmen were
called together by pope Urban II at Clemont france.
Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus had urged and told the pope
to send armies and soldiers to help fend against the the muslim
turks armies.
November 27 the pope called the church men and asked the
soldiers of Europe to get rid of the muslims that were attacking the
holy land of the holy roman empire. The group of soldiers were
pleased and gave in.
This lead to 8 successful crusades against the muslims that were
attacking from the North East.
Their main ambition was to free jews.

By: Connor Garrett

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Events of the Crusades

Created By: Sydney Dailer
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In 1071 the byzantine army was destroyed by the Turks

From 1071-1085 Mercenary Seljuk Turks conquered Syria and and Palestine
Jerusalem was taken from the Saracen Caliphs
From 1085-1095, 3000 Christians were slaughtered and their churches were either destroyed or used as
animal stables
In 1095 Emperor Alexius I sent a representative to Pope Urban II regarding the happenings in Jerusalem
and the growing of the Turks to Europe and Constantinople
In the same year Pope Urban II called a great council of the Church in Placentia in Italy
In 11/27/1095 another great council was called to order in France by Pope Urban II to discuss starting a
crusade against the Infidels
In 1095 to the spring of 1096 Peter the Hermit used the cry of God Wills It! to get ordinary unarmed
people to join the Peoples Crusade
In the summer of 1096 armed forces gathered at Constantinople to start the first Crusade
In August of 1096 Emperor Alexius I sipped the people to the crusade in Bosphorus
In October 1096 the Peoples Crusade was destroyed by the Turks in Anatolia
In May and June of 1097 was the siege of Nicacia
In June of 1097 the battle of Dorylaium took place

Events of the Crusades

Created By: Sydney Dailer
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In October of 1097- June of 1098 was the siege of Antioch

In 1098 June 1st Stephen of Blois and numerous French crusaders flee the siege of Antioch with news of
arrival of Emir Kirboga of Mosul
In 1098 June 3rd Bohemond I, Elder son of Robert Guiscard, led the capture of Antioch
In 1098 June 5th emir Kirboga of Mosul and his army of 75,000 lays siege to the crusaders led by Bohemond
In 1098 June 28th Was the battle of Orontes, the first crusade is victorious forcing Emir Kirboga to lift the siege
of antioch

A siege is a military operation which the enemy forces the insiders to surrender by surrounding a town or building and
cutting off their supplies.

Sydney Robinson

The Legacy of the First Crusade

At least a dozen other crusades happened because of the first one

The entire relationship between Europe and the Eastern Islands was damaged horribly (This is the
most important slide)

The first Crusade led to long-term Christian-Muslim hostility and we still feel some of that today

The later Crusades also led to Christian-Jewish hostility

Even though we view the First Crusade as a bloody and uncalled for battle the First Crusade restored the
peasants faith in God by helping them believe God was on their side

The Legacy of the First Crusade

(Continued)

Papal Authority was greatly increased and the Church gained a lot more power

Three military orders (Hospitallers, Templars, and Teutonic Knights) came into power

European Conquerors established four independent Latin Kingdoms