WHEN CULTURES CLASH
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The Spread of Christianity by 600 C.E.
Islam was expanding rapidly by 1000
C.E.
The Arab controlled lands around
Jerusalem were considered Holy Lands
to Christians
The Arabs let Christians make
pilgrimages to these lands.
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In 1070, a new group, the Seljuk Turks,
took control and stopped Christian
pilgrimages.
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In 1095, Byzantine Emperor Alexius I
asked Pope Urban II to mount a
crusade against the Seljuk (Muslim)
Turks
• supplied a long list of terrible deeds that the
Seljuk Turks supposedly had committed, some
were true; others were not
• also claimed that all of Asia Minor and
Byzantium was about to fall to the Turks
In 1096, Pope Urban II issued a call for
nobles, knights and peasants to take
up battle in the name of God.
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60,000 to 100,000 Crusaders responded.
• Some joined to serve God.
• Some joined to get rich.
• Some joined to get
revenge against Muslims
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So began a clash of cultures • Christians believed they were fighting
Crusades in the name of Jesus to take back the
Holy Lands from infidels.
• Seljuk (Muslim) Turks believed they were
defending land that was theirs and that the
Christians were brutal invaders.
How does perspective affect the
way people react to conflict?