WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Crusades were organized by western European Christians after centuries of Muslim wars of expansion. Their primary objectives were to stop the expansion of Muslim states, to reclaim for Christianity the Holy Land in the Middle East, and to recapture territories that had formerly been Christian.

Detailed explanation-2: -Similarly, but not as deep and wide as on the Western Europe, the Crusades impact could be seen on some socio-religious elements of the Muslim world. Further, the bitter legacy of these wars widened the hostility, hatred, and dissent between the West and the Muslim world that still is perceived in one way or the other.

Detailed explanation-3: -The First Crusade was called in November 1095 by Pope Urban II at the town of Clermont in central France. The pope made a proposal: ‘Whoever for devotion alone, but not to gain honour or money, goes to Jerusalem to liberate the Church of God can substitute this journey for all penance.

Detailed explanation-4: -A series of religious wars between Muslims and Christians to secure their control of holy sites are known as the Crusades.

Detailed explanation-5: -Most crusades came from what had been the Carolingian Empire around 800. The empire had disintegrated, and two loosely unified successor states had taken its place: the Holy Roman Empire, which encompassed Germany, northern Italy, and the neighbouring lands; and France.