The later Crusades
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1
Make a chronological table: 1096, 1099, 1147, 1187, 1189, 1202, 1204, 1261, 1270.
First Crusade; Jerusalem taken; Second Crusade; Jerusalem retaken; Third Crusade; Fourth Crusade; Constantinople taken; Byzantium restored; last crusade.
2
Why was the Fourth Crusade directed against a Christian city and not against Muslims? Explain in 3–4 sentences.
The debt to Venice was unpaid, Venice wanted to remove its rival and a dispute over the throne served as a pretext.
3
Put the causes and consequences of the Crusades in a two-column table.
Causes: papal call, Seljuks, primogeniture, trade. Consequences: growth of trade, money taxes, a weakened Byzantium.
4
Why did the Crusades stop at the end of the 13th century? Give two reasons.
Royal power grew in Europe and knights entered royal service; merchants preferred peaceful trade.