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Trevor Purcell Robbie Lange
English
6th hour
5/06/09
Being citizens of the United States and the world makes us
responsible for knowing world events and their affect geographically,
politically, historically, and economically on the people and places they
involve. But, in this paper we will be going over the political,
geographical, and the historical causes of the first crusade.
The crusades were big bloody brawl between the Christians and
the Moslems. One of the causes of the first crusade is political. Politics
had an enormous influence on the crusades. For example, Pope Urban
II launched the first crusade in response to the appeal of the Byzantine
Emperor. They were also spying on the Turks and found out they were
planning on raiding Constantinople. The geography had a colossal
affect on the crusades too.
The geography was important affect on the crusades also. For
example, one of main points of the crusades was to gain back the holy
land from the Turks, also known as as the Muslims. In addition, the
great Seljuk Empire was a great big target for the 1st crusade. They

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also rushed to protect the great wealthy city of Constantinople. In
addition, History had an effect on the crusades.
History had an effect on the first crusade just as much as politics
and geography did. The Muslims and the Christians were fighting since
the beginning of time. For example, the feud between Jerusalem has
been going on for over 100 years. Also, the purpose was to break
down feudal aristocracy. As was previously stated, the Christians were
protecting Constantinople.
I always thought the only reason for the crusades was to
recapture Jerusalem. But it’s not. It’s about that and much more then
that. It was about protecting the massive, wealthy city of
Constantinople, and breaking down feudal aristocracy. So don’t just
think it was about Jerusalem, think about everything else.