| A | B |
|---|
| The Crusades | Christian holy wars - to regain the Holy Land: Jerusalem |
| Pope Urban II | leader of the Catholic Church - started the Crusades |
| pilgrimage | a religious journey |
| Crusader | someone who fought to save the Holy Land |
| Jesus of Nazareth | the founder of Christianity |
| Holy Land: Jerusalem | sacred, holy to 3 monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, & Islam |
| jihad | an Islamic holy war |
| Byzantine Empire | when attacked by Muslims - it asked for help - this actually started the Crusades |
| 1095-1240 | the Crusades |
| martyr | someone who dies for the good of the cause/dies trying to fight for something |
| Constantinople | capital of the Byzantine Empire |
| 0 A.D. | the year Jesus of Nazareth was born |
