SHEET 2026 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
SOLUTIONS
◉First Crucade .Answer: -The Peoples Crusade= a bunch of
commoner went on this crusade
-Crusader states: Edessa, Antioch, Tripoli, and Jerusalem
-Peter the hermit marched around barefoot to get people to go on
pilgramedge to the Holy Land
-1st crusade was wildly successful
-Captured Antioch the city
-Captured Jerusalem
-When they got to Jerusalem, the Crusaders killed almost everybody
in the city (but this was standard practice)
-Took Muslims 50 years to strike back, when they took Edessa and
sparked the 2nd Crusade
◉The Second Crusade .Answer: -Total Failure
-Saladin and the recapture of Jerusalem
-Saladin set fire to the grass around crusader camp
, -Saladin was an effective leader and gave the crusaders the choice to
collect their belongings and leave, or pay a tax to stay and live there
◉The third crusade .Answer: -Reaction to the fall of Jerusalem
-Led by Fredrick I Barbosa of Germany, Richard the Lion heart of
England, and Phillip Augustus of France. They all came together to
fight Saladin.
-Fredrick drowned accidentally, and Phillip left because he hated
Richard, so now Richard vs. Saladin
-Ended up with a treaty which allowed crusaders to keep land and
gain a little more, but unable to recapture Jerusalem
◉The fourth crusade .Answer: -Sack of Constantinople, huge
embarrassment because Italian merchants wouldn't take the
crusaders to the Holy Land past Constantinople, so the crusaders
were bored and sacked it instead
-Then they realized they were looting their Christian brothers
◉children's crusade. Answer: children wanted to go on crusade
because adults failed, and the Italian merchants took them to Africa
and sold them into slavery
◉Effects of the crusades. Answer: Impact on European Society:
-Many young warriors removed from Europe