Across
- 4. A series of religious wars launched against the Muslims by Christians to retake the Holy land
- 8. The branch of Christianity that Western European Christians followed
- 10. The religion of the Crusaders
- 11. This crusade resulted in the Christians capturing Jerusalem from the occupying Muslims
- 12. What crusaders were called at the time of the Crusades
- 13. This Christian empire called on the Pope to help defend against Muslim armies
- 14. A sacred land of continuous tension between Jews and Arabs which includes Israel, Palestine, Western Jordan, the Sinai Peninsula and Southern Syria
Down
- 1. The holiest city in the Holy Land
- 2. This leader of the Muslim armies was able to recapture Jerusalem from the Crusaders
- 3. The branch of Christianity that the Byzantine Empire followed
- 5. The symbol of the Crusaders
- 6. What crusaders were called at the time of the Crusades
- 7. This man called all Christians to action by calling for a Crusade to war against Muslims in order to reclaim the Holy Land
- 9. The religion of the Middle East
