crusades

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  1. First Crusade
    a Crusade from 1096 to 1099
    Lectures for A Medieval Survey
    Lynn H. Nelson


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    The First Crusade
    1095-1100
    1.
  2. Eurasia
    the land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia
    They opened an era in which Western Europe came into direct contact with the great trade routes that united the civilizations of Eurasia For the first time since the fall of the Roman empire, western Europe was not isolated, but a part of a greater world.
  3. trade route
    a route followed by traders (usually in caravans)
    They opened an era in which Western Europe came into direct contact with the great trade routes that united the civilizations of Eurasia For the first time since the fall of the Roman empire, western Europe was not isolated, but a part of a greater world.
  4. medieval
    relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
    Lectures for A Medieval Survey
    Lynn H. Nelson


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    The First Crusade
    1095-1100
    1.
  5. Crusade
    any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims
    Lectures for A Medieval Survey
    Lynn H. Nelson


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    The First Crusade
    1095-1100
    1.
  6. gunpowder
    a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks
    Some were not so good, such as leprosy, gunpowder, and bubonic plague.
  7. Europe
    the 2nd smallest continent
    The crusading movement was a significant event in the history of medieval Europe.
  8. crusade
    a series of actions tending toward a particular end
    The crusading movement was a significant event in the history of medieval Europe.
  9. Mediterranean
    the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia
    Like most great events, there were many factors, some immediate and apparent, some basic and apparent, and some in between that went together to cause the people of western Europe to seek to conquest and hold the lands of the Eastern Mediterranean.

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  10. conquest
    the act of defeating and taking control of
    Like most great events, there were many factors, some immediate and apparent, some basic and apparent, and some in between that went together to cause the people of western Europe to seek to conquest and hold the lands of the Eastern Mediterranean.

    2.
  11. civilization
    a society in an advanced state of social development
    They opened an era in which Western Europe came into direct contact with the great trade routes that united the civilizations of Eurasia For the first time since the fall of the Roman empire, western Europe was not isolated, but a part of a greater world.
  12. land
    the solid part of the earth's surface
    Like most great events, there were many factors, some immediate and apparent, some basic and apparent, and some in between that went together to cause the people of western Europe to seek to conquest and hold the lands of the Eastern Mediterranean.

    2.
Created on Wed Oct 20 11:13:15 EDT 2010

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