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Answer 1

Historians have learned a great deal about the Crusades from chroniclers like William of Tyre and Ibn al-Qalanisi. Today, reporters and newscasters travel all over the world to report on international events, including conflicts. Imagine what we might know had there been journalists with access to television, cell phones, and social media in the 13th century.

Time for you to take on the responsibility of being an international journalist! You are using social media to report the thick of the action of the Crusades! Your assignment is to keep the world updated on what is happening in ten short posts. Remember that as a reporter your job is to remain neutral and report the facts. As you prepare each post, keep the following points in mind:

You should have a total of ten posts.
Check to make sure your reporting is accurate. Others are counting on the right information! State facts, not just opinions.
Include details about the events and the historical figures involved in each time period. Help your reader understand the sequence of events by including dates, if available.
Cite specific locations, and explain their importance. Use at least two maps from this lesson!
Your updates should be thorough, with enough information to be interesting. This means you should write at least three sentences (containing factual information) for each post.

Answer 2

1. The first crusade was in the near East and involved Anatolia, Levant, and Palestine.It was a military expedition aimed at reclaiming the Holy Lands that the Muslim conquest of the Levant had acquired. The Pope Urban II launched the Crusades in 1095 in hopes of fulfilling the Byzantine Emperor Alexius I's request of gaining western volunteers to come to his aid.

Answer 3

2. During the first wave of the Crusades, there were many different players, including Godfrey of Bouillon, the medieval Frankish knight who became the first ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. When he did so, he abandoned the title of 'king.' In the end, there was a decisive Crusader victory during the First Crusade that led to the territorial changes regarding the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Other Crusader states were created. (once again make shure to change this up alittle because this is not comeing out of my head, this information is coming from the internet because I suck with the crusades

Answer 4

3. Following their newfound control of Jerusalem, the Crusaders established four Crusader states: the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the County of Edessa, the Principality of Antioch, and the County of Tripoli. In the beginning, the Muslims did not immediately retaliate against the Crusader states because they suffered a great deal of internal conflicts.

Answer 5

4. when they were able to sort out their differences, the Muslims began to reunite under the leadership of Imad al-Din Zangi. His first measure was to retake Edessa, which was the first city to fall to the Crusaders. They took back the city in 1144. This was the action that prompted the Pope to call for a second Crusade.

Answer 6

5. the second crusade:The contagion of the holy enthusiasm seized not only barons, knights, and the common people, which classes alone participated in the First Crusade, but kings and emperors were now infected with the sacred frenzy. St. Bernard's eloquence induced two monarchs, Louis VII of France and Conrad III of Germany, to take the blood-red cross of a crusader. Conrad III., emperor of Germany, was persuaded to leave the affairs of his distracted empire in the hands of God, and consecrate himself to the defence of the sepulchre of Christ. Louis VII., king of France, was led to undertake the crusade through remorse for an act of great cruelty that he had perpetrated upon some of his revolted subjects.

Answer 7

6. The Failure of the Second Crusade
The Second Crusade, though begun under the most favorable auspices, had an unhappy ending. Of the great host that set out from Europe, only a few thousands escaped annihilation in Asia Minor at the hands of the Turks. Louis and Conrad, with the remnants of their armies, made a joint attack on Damascus, but had to raise the siege after a few days. This closed the crusade. As a chronicler of the expedition remarked, "having practically accomplished nothing, the inglorious ones returned home." The strength of both the French and the German division of the expedition was wasted in Asia Minor, and the crusade accomplished nothing. ( I might end up with more information at the end so you might want to mix some of these together

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7. The Third Crusade is organised
The news of the taking of Jerusalem spread consternation throughout western Christendom. The cry for another crusade arose on all sides. Once more thousands of men sewed the cross in gold, or silk, or cloth upon their garments and set out for the Holy Land. When the three greatest rulers of Europe - King Philip Augustus of France, King Richard I of England, and the German emperor, Frederick Barbarossa assumed the cross, it seemed that nothing could prevent the restoration of Christian supremacy in Syria. These great rulers set out, each at the head of a large army, for the recovery of the Holy City of Jerusalem.

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8. The Ransom of King Richard
King Richard on his return from the Holy Land was shipwrecked off the coast of the Adriatic. Attempting to travel through Austria in disguise, he was captured by the duke of Austria, whom he had offended at the siege of Acre. The king regained his liberty only by paying a ransom equivalent to more than twice the annual revenues of England.

Answer 10

9. The Fourth Crusade - The Crusaders and the Venetians
The leaders of the crusade decided to make Egypt their objective point, since this country was then the center of the Moslem power. Accordingly, the crusaders proceeded to Venice, for the purpose of securing transportation across the Mediterranean. The Venetians agreed to furnish the necessary ships only on condition that the crusaders first seized Zara on the eastern coast of the Adriatic. Zara was a Christian city, but it was also a naval and commercial rival of Venice. In spite of the pope's protests the crusaders besieged and captured the city. Even then they did not proceed against the Moslems. The Venetians persuaded them to turn their arms against Constantinople. The possession of that great capital would greatly increase Venetian trade and influence in the East; for the crusading nobles it held out endless opportunities of acquiring wealth and power. Thus it happened that these soldiers of the Cross, pledged to war with the Moslems, attacked a Christian city, which for centuries had formed the chief bulwark of Europe against the Arab and the Turk.

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1o.Consequences of the Fourth Crusade
Constantinople, after the Fourth Crusade, declined in strength and could no longer cope with the barbarians menacing it. Two centuries later the city fell an easy victim to the Turks. The responsibility for the disaster which gave the Turks a foothold in Europe rests on the heads of the Venetians and the French nobles. Their greed and lust for power turned the Fourth Crusade into a political adventure. (the map thing I have no idea what that means so you will probly have to do that part yourself.)

Answer 12

thats what i did lol

Answer 13

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