The document discusses the Crusades from the 11th-13th centuries. It provides details on: - Pope Urban II's call for the Crusades in 1095 in response to the Seljuk Turks cutting off access to Jerusalem. The first Crusade regained control of Jerusalem but other Crusades were unsuccessful. - The motives for the Crusades included expanding the Roman Church's influence, and gaining wealth and land for nobles and merchants. - The results of the Crusades included thousands of deaths, the Holy Land eventually being lost again to Muslims, and the spread of knowledge and technology from Muslims and the Byzantine Empire to Europe.