Question

Answer all questions given under the heading

Crusades

1. What is meant by Crusades?
2. What resulted in Crusades?
3. How long was Jerusalem in Ottoman hands?
4. What was the end of Abbasid Empire?

Answer 1

1. The struggle between Christianity and Islam beginning in 1095 continued for nearly 200 years and is called the Crusades.
2. The Christian pilgrims to the holy city of Jerusalem were put through a lot of hardships by the Turks. This resulted in the Crusades.
3. Jerusalem continued to remain in Ottoman hands for another 700 years.
4. The destruction of Baghdad in 1258 A.D. by the Mongols, put an end to the Abbasid Empire.