Question

1.How did the Crusades begin? What groups were fighting and what were they fighting for?
2. What is the Magna Carta? How is it still influential today?

3. Describe Medieval Guilds. Why did artisans organize medieval craft guilds?

4. How did Chinese culture influence Japanese practices?

Answer 1

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/first_crusade.htm

Answer 2

http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Magna_Carta.html

Answer 3

http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/richardson.guilds

Answer 4

The Chinese brought buddhism, confucianism, the civil service exam, and etc
korea was a bridge of cultural diffusion from china to japan
also japanese people go to china to learn and vice versa.

Answer 5

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusades
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_were_the_Crusades_fighting_over

2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta
http://www.bl.uk/treasures/magnacarta/basics/basics.html

3. http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/richardson.guilds
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-craft-guild.htm

4. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091224164244AA30lc4
http://www.char4u.com/content/the-influence-of-chinese-culture-on-japanese-culture/
http://www.ehow.com/facts_7197318_chinese-influence-early-japanese-culture.html

Hopes this helps ^.^

Answer 6

The Crusades were fought to defend the Byzantine Empire against Seljuk Turks..the Turks threatened the Byzantines, so they asked the West for help and the Pope decided to help defend the Byzantines and fight off the Turks. So crusaders joined up to fight Turks and most important, the Crusades were mainly a war to take back the Holy Land from Muslim Turks. Christians, Jews, and Muslims all considered Palestine to be the holiest city in their religions, so it was a lot to do about recovering the Holy Land from the Turks that took over.

King John was one of England's worst kings, he imposed taxes to finance his wars, he arrested his nobles and hanged some of them without cause, caused a lot of anger, etc. So the people formed a rebellion and forced him to sign the Magna Carta. The Magna Carta was a document that stated even the king had to rule within limits of the law, so he didn't have as much control as he used to. The Magna Carta changed people's views on justice and government.. and helped base modern government.

Hope that helps. : )