The Crusades lasted approximately 200 years. Pope Urban II called for them in 1095. The two main purposes for Christian armies from Europe invading the Holy Lands were: To help the Byzantines stop the advance of the Seljuk Turks into Asia Minor and to free the Holy Land from Muslim control. There were four major invasions of the Christian armies resulting in only the first Crusades concluding in the Christians taking control of the Holy Lands. In this first Crusade, the Christians took control of the Holy Lands, but they massacred all non-Christians. The last three Crusades were disasters for Christians, and they never recaptured Jerusalem.
The September 11th terrorist attacks in New York, the Pentagon, and in rural Pennsylvania was similar to the Crusades for the fact that many people died. The attacks led by the Al-Queda terrorist group and supervised by Osama bin Laden, took thousand of American lives and forever changed the lifestyle we as Americans live. They......
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