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=The Crusades (: =

What were the Crusades? The Crusades were Holy Wars launched by the Christians against the Muslims. The crusades started in 1095 when Pope Claremont preached the First Crusade. The Popes preaching led into the first Crusade. The whole point of the Crusade was to get the Holy land back from the Muslims. All together there was four Crusades four major or principles one and 4 minor ones. =media type="youtube" key="4YD1obj1Q68" height="274" width="339" align="right"= What was the cause of the Crusades? The reason to of the crusades was for the Christians to regain back the city of Jerusalem. The city of Jerusalem was very important to the Christians because Jesus used to spend all his time in that city. The Muslims took Jerusalem from the Christians because the man who created the Muslim religion would pray at the temple there in Jerusalem.

**Important people of The Crusades**
 * Pope Urban II** was the person who declared the first Crusade. He was also on the Christian side.
 * Saladin** was the ruler of Islam and was on the Muslim side
 * Richard the Lionhearted** was a great warrior and King of England.
 * Usamah bin Munqidh** was a Muslim warrior and courtier.

Important Weapons include:


 * **Polearms**
 * **Battle Axes**
 * **Maces**
 * **Billhook**
 * **Caltrops**
 * **Flail**
 * **Halberd**
 * **Longbow**
 * **Bows**
 * **Crossbow**
 * **Pike**
 * **Poleaxe**
 * **Quarterstaff**
 * **Spears**
 * **Warhammer**
 * **Batons**
 * **Simitar**

The Time line of the Crusades
 * 1) Crusade **1096-1099**
 * 2) Crusade **1144-1155**
 * 3) Crusade **1187-1192**
 * 4) Crusade **1202-1204**
 * 5) Crusade **1217-1221**
 * 6) Crusade **1228-1229**
 * 7) Crusade **1248-1254**
 * 8) Crusade **1270**
 * 9) Crusade **1271-1272**

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