First Crusade (1096-1099)
Many in Europe answered the call to free the Holy Land from Muslim rule. The Christian Crusaders
conquered several Muslim cities, including Jerusalem.
This crusade was called to recapture land that had been lost to the Muslims after the First Crusade. Many
people were killed, but the Crusaders were unable to recapture much territory.
Second Crusade
(1147–1148)
Third Crusade
(1189-1192)
After Jerusalem was retaken by the Muslims, a new crusade began. Famous figures fought on both sides,
including Sultan Saladin of Egypt and King Richard of England. The Crusaders recaptured some cities, but
they could not take Jerusalem
Fourth Crusade
(1200-1204)
This crusade was called to attack Egypt and the Holy Land, but the Crusaders ran out of money and never
made it there. They instead attacked Constantinople, which was a rival Christian city.
From the viewpoint of the Christians, which of the above was the most successful crusade?

“dear sir: it is with great reluctance, i trouble you on a subject, which does not fall within your province; but it is a subject that occasions me more distress, than i have felt, since the commencement of the war; and which loudly demands the most zealous exertions of every person of weight and authority, who is interested in the success of our affairs. i mean the present dreadful situation of the army for want of provisions, and the miserable prospects before us, with respect to futurity. it is more alarming than you will probably conceive, for, to form a just idea, it were necessary to be on the spot. for some days past, there has been little less, than a famine in camp. a part of the army has been a week, without any kind of flesh, and the rest for three or four days. naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their sufferings, to a general mutiny or dispersion. strong symptoms, however, discontent have appeared in particular instances; and nothing but the most acitive efforts every where can long avert so shocking a catastrophe.” what’s the central idea?

The banking act of 1933, also known as the glass-steagall act, established the federal deposit insurance corporation (fdic), which a protected banks from failure by ensuring that the government would bail them out if necessary. b required american taxpayers to establish an account with a commercial bank. c protected depositors from financial losses when banks failed.

Which of the following statements concerning brazil since independence is not true? brazilians today can participate in politics through voting. brazil has been governed by dictators and elected officials. brazil became independent from portugal in 1822. brazil was the first country in the americas to end slavery.