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 * What were the Crusades?**

The Crusades, initially started by Pope Urban II at the Council of Clermont, when he called French and German Bishops to action, were a series of Holy Wars between Christians and Muslims over the city of Jerusalem. Both religions saw the city as Holy; Christians as the place of Jesus's Crucifixion and Muslims as the place where the prophet Muhammad rose to Heaven. For 196 years, from 1095 ton 1291, four main Crusades took place.

Religion wasn't the only thing that pushed knights to fight in the Crusades. Many wanted money and land, some wanted to leave the troubles they found at home, and others were looking for adventure. Pope Urban hoped to not only heal the Roman and Byzantine split, but also to increase his own power.

//For more infomation on the beginning of the Crusades, go here: http://www.medievalcrusades.com/crusadesbegin.htm//

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