1. Crusades

2. Homework
Research the causes of the Crusades and how it affected everyone from the peasants to the nobility. Write 3 paragraphs.

3. Aim and Do Now Aim: Which were the causes of the first Crusade?
Do Now: What were some of the political, geographical, and Religious aspects that united Europeans?

4. Uniting Factors
Western Europe was united because of their shared ideas of feudalism (kings and queens), geographically because they lived next to one another (Western Europe), and religiously because a vast majority practiced Christianity.

5. Construct a timeline
You must construct a timeline of the Crusades. At the very beginning you will include events that lead up to the Crusades. THE MIDDLE Should be the Crusades. The last part will be its effects. Make it VERY detailed.
Beginnings
Crusades
Effects

6. Beginning of the Crusade
Information for the beginnings of the Crusade:
The first Crusade started in 1095
Turks attacked the Byzantines
Byzantines asks Western European Christians for help.
The Pope asks the Western Kings to send knights and soldiers to confront the Muslim threat.
In 1099 the Christian Crusaders achieve their goal in capturing Jerusalem

7. Important Notes
The Crusades were a series of wars between Christian Kingdoms and Islamic Leaders for control of the Holy Lands (Jerusalem and its surround areas.)
The Crusades were initiated in Europe in 1095 by a Pope named Urban II who had much influence over the Christian Kings of Europe.

8. Important Notes II
The Pope was regarded as the highest authority of Christianity in Western Europe.
The Byzantine Emperor was expecting some mercenaries to come as an aid.
Instead, a vast horde of Christian knights answered the calls of a Crusade.
Many gave away their life savings in order to prepare by buying swords, armor, and supplies to take with them.

9. To Be Handed In: Answer the following question:
What are three reasons for the start of the Crusades? 1. 2. 3.