SSC
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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What did Pope Urban II encourage all Christians to do?
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Choose a different holy land.
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Kill all Christians who did not recognize him as God’s representative on Earth.
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Convert all other religions to Christianity.
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Begin a war to capture Jerusalem
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -On November 27, 1095, Pope Urban II makes perhaps the most influential speech of the Middle Ages, giving rise to the Crusades by calling all Christians in Europe to war against Muslims in order to reclaim the Holy Land, with a cry of “Deus vult!” or “God wills it!”
Detailed explanation-2: -There have been eight popes named Urban in the Roman Catholic Church.
Detailed explanation-3: -When the Seljuk Turks secured Jerusalem from the Egyptians in 1071, as well as defeating Byzantine Emperor Romanus IV, Christian access was denied and the Holy Sepulcher despoiled.
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