Crusades

2. hope to gain wealth and land by participating in the Crusades
5. Increased trade; economy based on money not land
8. For Christians, Jews and Muslims
9. Holy Land is located
11. Christians who fought to reclaim Holy Land
13. Sugar, cotton, and rice were just a few of the goods traded
15. European interest in learning was stimulated as Europeans were introduced to Byzantine and Muslim Culture
17. Believed that their sins would be forgiven if they participating in the Crusades

1. Crusades increased power of the monarchs, who had gained the right to increase taxes in order to support the fighting
3. a group that sparked the Crusades
4. series of Holy wars that lasted 200 years in “Palestine”
6. Temporarily increased the power in the Pope
7. slaughter; violent and cruel killing
9. Believed that the Crusades would increase his power
10. Saw the Crusades as a chance for travel and excitement
12. a legacy of religious hatred between Christians and Muslim
14. Hoped to escape feudal oppression by fighting in the Crusades
16. A Pope