HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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take Jerusalem and the Holy land away from the Muslims.
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take Jerusalem and the holy land away from the Byzantines.
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convert Muslims to Christianity
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The objective was the recovery of the Holy Land from Islamic rule. While Jerusalem had been under Muslim rule for hundreds of years, by the 11th century the Seljuk takeover of the region threatened local Christian populations, pilgrimages from the West, and the Byzantine Empire itself.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Second Crusade was announced by Pope Eugene III, and was the first of the crusades to be led by European kings, namely Louis VII of France and Conrad III of Germany, with help from a number of other European nobles. The armies of the two kings marched separately across Europe.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Islamic history of Jerusalem begins with the conquest of the city by Caliph Umar in 635 (or 638). Umar had been one of the prophet Muhammad’s closest companions and served as his second successor (khalifa) after Abu Bakr.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Crusades, though never achieving the original goal of returning the Holy Lands to Christian control, is still considered a major turning point in Western history because of its long-lasting effects on Europe, the Middle East, as well as on the Christian and Muslim worlds.
Detailed explanation-5: -The defeat of the Second Crusade at Damascus ensured that the Christian crusader states in the Holy Land would remain on the defensive for the foreseeable future. There was no longer any realistic prospect of expansion so the Christians were confined to small states surrounded by larger and more…