1. 2/16 Aim: Why did Western Europeans fight the Crusades?
Do Now: In 1095 A.D Pope Urban II called upon Christians in Western Europe to fight the Muslims for control of the holy land, Jerusalem. Why were many willing to fight in the Crusades knowing that there was good chance that they might never return? On your handout, match the people with the reason that best suits them for fighting in the Crusades.

2. The Holy Land

4. Pope Urban II: Call to Crusade 1095
“Your [Christian] brethren who live in the Middle East are in urgent need of your help… For, as most of you have heard, the Turks and the Arabs [Muslims] have attacked them and have conquered the territory of the Byzantine Empire… They have occupied more and more of the lands of the Christians…They have killed and captured many, and have destroyed the churches and devastated the Empire…

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