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2.  Causes
 Pope wanted to end the fighting between knights
 SeljukTurks invaded the Holy Land
 Pope wanted to increase power and heal the split between
the Roman and Byzantine churches.
 Some hoped to win wealth or escape troubles
 Effects
 Crusades left a legacy of religious hatred
 The Reconquista took hold in Spain
 The power of monarchs increased
 A money economy developed
 Trade increased and expanded

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4.  Islam flourished from Spain to India and
spread ideas, goods, and culture
▪ The Islamic SeljukTurks extended their power over the
Holy Land
 Pope Urban II asked Christian knights to fight
theTurks to allow Christian pilgrims access to
Jerusalem
▪ Urban II hoped the Crusades would unify the Roman and
Byzantine churches against the Muslims

5.  The Crusades lasted a total of 200 years
▪ 1st Crusade- Christian knights retook Jerusalem in 1099
▪ 2nd Crusade-In 1187 Muslim leader Salah al-Din retook
the holy city
▪ 3rd Crusade- Christians failed to recapture Jerusalem,
city was reopened to Christian pilgrims
▪ 4th Crusade- Christians fought one another, Muslims
took the final Christian outpost

6.  Muslims and Christians slaughtered people in
the name of religion
 Crusaders brought back goods from the
Middle East
▪ The new goods encouraged a money economy
 Increased the power of monarchs
▪ Rulers were able to collect taxes to pay forCrusades

7.  North African Muslims called Moors
conquered most of Spain
▪ Reconquista- Christian led campaign to remove Moors
from the Iberian Peninsula
 In 1469 Ferdinand and Isabella were married
and created a unified Christian Spain
▪ Isabella and Ferdinand set up a court called the
Inquisition to try heretics