Question

Select the three reasons that motivated men to join the Crusades. to claim Jerusalem from the Turks
to increase their knowledge of the Muslim faith
for riches
for adventure
to improve methods of warfare

Answer 1

To claim Jerusalem from the Turks, for riches, and to improve methods of warfare.

Answer 2

Answer:

to claim Jerusalem from the Turks

for riches

for adventure

Explanation:

The Crusades were military and religious campaigns, that started around 1095 and finished in 1292, carried by European Christian kingdoms and the Papacy in order to take over the Holy Land from the Islamic Seljuk Empire. The Seljuk Empire was a Turk empire that held Islam as its main religion which, in the 11th century, was expanding throughout the Middle East, threatening the Christian Byzantine Empire and its capital: Constantinople. For this reason, the Byzantines asked the Roman Catholic Christians from Western Europe for help in order to prevent the Turks to take over Constantinople and Eastern Europe. Pope Urban II answered calling all Christian Lords from Europe to carry a great expedition to the Holy Land in order to claim Jerusalem from the Turks. Most kings, lords, and peasants answered the call, motivated for religious purposes, for riches, and for adventure.