First crusade

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    • What were pope urban aims
      Power
      religion
      peace of god movement
    • Why did Alexius appeal 

      he needed reinforcements to defend against the Muslim on his boarder
    • reasons why the first crusade was a success
      religion
      aid for the byzantines
      Muslim disunity
    • Why were the Muslims disunited
      The death of their leader muhammad this caused a power vacuum where they split into two groups.
    • Why was religion and important factors for the success of the 1 crusade?
      Holy lance found in the battle of antioch.
      They wanted to keep pushing to reclaim Jerusalem
      they were promised a space in heaven so the amount of people who went due to religious reasons meant they had more power to defend and attack with
    • Who lead the peoples crusade
      Peter the hermit
    • Was the first crusade a success
      Yes, they gained the crusader states
      and they captured jerusalem
    • why was edessa important
      it was the first crusader state, it had fertile grass, so gave the crusader supplies
    • pope urban speech’s
      At Clermont, stresses the issues in Jerusalem
    • Who joined the first crusade
      Bohemund
      raymond
      Adhemar
      godfrey
      stephen
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