Warm • Copy HW

• Please grab handouts 15, 16 and 17 from the front desks

• Please begin today with the handout numbered page 15

•At the top of this page define the word-crusade

Crusade• Any vigorous or aggressive movement for the

defense or advancement of an idea or cause.

• Example: a crusade against child hunger.

Essential Questions

• How does religion impact social and political institutions?

• What happens when different cultures interact with each other?

The Crusades

What?Medieval military expeditions made by Europeans to recover the

Holy Land from the Muslims

Check out this brief introduction to the Crusades

Who?

Christians

Pope Urban the IIPope Innocent the III

Knights sponsored by the Church

Richard the Lion HeartedEmperor FredrickKing Philip II

Muslims

Seljuk Turks : invaded from central Asia

Salah al-Din

Pope Urban II

• At the______________, I gave a powerful sermon calling on Christians to take the _____ _____back from the control of the ____ _____.

•Take a closer look at what Pope

Urban II had to say

Richard the Lionhearted

• I swore an oath to renounce my past wickedness in order to show I was worthy to ______________.

• At one point, while sick from scurvy, I picked off guards on the walls with a crossbow, while being carried on a stretcher.

• _________ and I finally came to a settlement in 1192; allowing Christian _________ and merchants access to ___________.

Salah al-Din

• In July 1187 I captured most of the Kingdom of _________.

• I signed The Treaty of Ramla in 1192, whereby Jerusalem would remain in ________ hands but would be open to __________ pilgrimages.

Where?

• European Christians travel to the Middle East (Syria, Israel, North Africa)

Jerusalem

•In this clip examine the

importance of Jerusalem!

Christian Quarter

• Site of Jesus’ life, death, and Resurrection• Home of the original cross and stone of Christ’s tomb.• Site of sacred Church of the Holy Sepulcher

Muslim QuarterJerusalem is considered Islam's third holiest city after Mecca and Medina.

Muhammad's ascension to heaven

Dome of the Rock

Jewish Quarter• Believe that the Holy Land was a gift from God to

Abraham• King David brought Ark containing the original Torah

here• Site of Solomon’s Temple

Wailing/Western Wall

Armenian Quarter

• Armenians, unlike the majority of Christians in Israel, are not Arabs. They have remained a homogeneous group, intermarrying over the years and keeping their culture intact.

Cathedral of St. James

When?

HOW?• Traveled thousands of miles with animals, supplies and often

with their families • Scorching ______________ • Deep ___________ in the mountain passes. • Ran out of fresh __________• Some drank their own ______, animal blood or sewage water• Food was bought from local people but at very expensive

prices. • Pillaged and plundered in order to get food. • _______________ was common.

•In this clip listen to what the crusader’s

journey was like!

Why?

Help the Byzantine Empire

Take back the “Holy Lands” from the Muslims

“Will of God”

Money

Fame

Glory/Excitement

•Check out what the experts have

to say!

Impact Then Now

Poem (words /phrases)

• C• R• U• S• A• D• E• S

Homework

• Please complete the three T-charts on the front of handout 17.

• You will need to use your online textbook, if you have a computer issue please see me before you leave today

• All work should be complete and professional