HIST 1001 Chapter : The Crusades 11 17 14, (last One 11-19-14 Wasn't Supposed To Be Posted, Not Edited At All)
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Christian and muslim civilizations: more of an all out conflict than the battle of tour, the crusades show a turning point between relationship of latin-christian. Rome and the greek-orthodox church: alexius comnenus, byzantine (greek-speaking) emperor, controlled eastern mediterranean, in the 900s, they felt military pressure from seljuk turks in the east. (asia. Not much leadership: marched to constantinople, took almost 6 months, lived off of stealing from people"s towns and countrysides. Christian-europe: they were so eager to attack that they even attacked jewish communities in, reading: describes the crusaders (knights) going through a german city. Basically destroy jewish community because they want money, support, and those not christian to be dead: in 1097 the crusade reaches constatinople, consent to alexuis comnenus, he almost immediately ships them to asia minor. Crusader kingdoms: the crusader kingdoms were set up like western medieval kingdoms. Emperor marched to constantinople: it disintegrates because of interior fighting and accomplishes nothing. (2nd.
