WH 12.1

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Pope Urban II saw the Byzantine emperor's request for help fighting the Seljuk Turks as a chance to

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free the Holy Lands from the control of infidels.

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Most of the warriors who first joined the Crusades came from

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France.

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By the end of the First Crusade, the Europeans had managed to: establish four Latin crusader states.

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establish four Latin crusader states.

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The knight who refused to be called king of Jerusalem, saying only God deserved the title, was named

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Godfrey de Bouillon

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The Second Crusade was launched in

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the 1140s.

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The Third Crusade began in response to the seizure of Jerusalem by Muslim forces led by Saladin.

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the seizure of Jerusalem by Muslim forces led by Saladin.

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During the Fourth Crusade, the armies got distracted from their spiritual goals and began a fight for control of the:

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Byzantine Empire.

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The last major Crusade ended when its leader, King Louis IX,

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died of the plague.

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The Crusades helped to pave the way for

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the development of true nation-states in Europe.

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Some Christians thought the Crusades were a mistake because the knights ought to

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be fighting the Jews instead.