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First Crusades - Coggle Diagram
First Crusades
Method of recruitment (60,000)
Speeches
Claims after death
all their sins would be washed away
Their souls will be able to reap rewards in the next life
Chances of material wealth
Removal of debt
Free meals
Types of people joined
First of batch (il equipped) wipped out
Poor people
Petty Knights
Second batch (ill discapibled )
Knights
Professional warriors
Impacts
Rape and pillaging
Done by some of the western soilders
Creation of New Kingdoms
Mass slaughter of muslims and Jews
Port cities built for resupplying crusaders
Allowing easier transport of Middle East and Asia Goods
Enemeis
Seljuk Muslims
Pagen
Mongols
Shiite Fatimids
Cause
Seljuks
Information about them
Winning wars against the Byzantine Empire
Lost of Holy land
Emperor of the Byzantine Empire requested support from Church
The Pope Urban II agreed and helped send thousands of troops
Reason used for Crusade
'Liberation'
To combine Catholic Church and Orthodox Church
To increase his own authority
Reason
Seeing the Holy land being taken
Seeing opportunities to gain western soilders