The Crusades

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Across
  1. 2. eastern Christian church weakened after the Fourth Crusade
  2. 6. French king who led later crusades
  3. 9. Byzantine emperor who asked the pope for help
  4. 12. city that built ships for the crusaders
  5. 13. important city for Christians Muslims and Jews
  6. 14. split between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches
  7. 15. travelers who visited holy places like Jerusalem
  8. 17. region in modern day Turkey, once controlled by the Byzantines, but was taken by the Seljuks
  9. 18. people who traveled to fight in the Crusades
  10. 21. crusade led by kings that failed to retake Jerusalem
  11. 22. crusade that attacked Constantinople instead of the Holy Land
  12. 25. body of water near Jerusalem and the Holy Land
  13. 26. series of wars between Christians and Muslims in the Middle East
  14. 29. crusader city whose fall started the Second Crusade
  15. 32. battle where the Seljuks defeated the Byzantine army
  16. 36. people who provided ships and redirected the crusade
  17. 37. capital city attacked by crusaders in twelve oh four
  18. 38. area around Jerusalem fought over during the Crusades
  19. 39. French king who left the Third Crusade early
  20. 40. German king who helped lead the Second Crusade
Down
  1. 1. eastern Christian empire threatened by the Seljuks
  2. 3. Muslim empire that allowed Christians to visit the Holy Land
  3. 4. agreement allowing Christians to visit Jerusalem while Muslims kept control
  4. 5. crusade that captured Jerusalem in ten ninety nine
  5. 7. emperor who drowned on the way to the Crusade
  6. 8. group of smaller later crusades with little success
  7. 10. stealing treasures during the sack of Constantinople
  8. 11. region where the Seljuk Turks originally came from
  9. 16. group that took control and restricted Christian access to Jerusalem, kicking off the crusades
  10. 19. king of France who led the Second Crusade
  11. 20. small Christian states set up in the Holy Land
  12. 23. Muslim empire that ruled Jerusalem after the Rashidun
  13. 24. Muslim leader who recaptured Jerusalem
  14. 27. pope who called for the First Crusade
  15. 28. tragic crusade of young people that failed
  16. 30. last Christian city in the Holy Land that fell in twelve ninety one
  17. 31. failed crusade led by two European kings
  18. 33. early Muslim empire that first controlled Jerusalem
  19. 34. region attacked in later failed crusades
  20. 35. English king who fought Saladin