Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Tuesday, July 3, 2007




The Crusades were a series of military conflicts of a religious character of a defensive nature waged by Christians during 10951291, most of which were sanctioned by the Pope in the name of Christendom. The Crusades originally had the goal of recapturing Jerusalem and the sacred "Holy Land" from Muslim rule and were originally launched in response to a call from the Eastern Orthodox Byzantine Empire for help against the expansion of the Muslim Seljuq dynasty into Anatolia. Some crusades were made up entirely of children. They were not able to reach the Holy land, they died of hunger and disease.

The Christian's eventually took rule over the land but then it was reclaimed by the Muslim's. Now Jerusalem is part of Israel.

Interesting
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusades