Crusades

[Knight of Orient]

there are many reasons the crusades started. one was the byzantines were gettin a butt woopin. another was people wanted money. they wanted lands. the pope wanted to extend the churches power. also, some just wanted to fight. lastly, some actually thought they were fightin for God

[strike wolf]

And by lastly you mean most importantly?

[Knight of Orient]

nooooooo, not at all. that was the last i could remember off the toppo my head. and yes, i said toppo

[strike wolf]

Oh yeah that's right the crusades lost their religious purpose as time went on.

[Caleb the Cruel]

actually I'm quite serious.

well i'm not that gullable, i need to see what you're talking of before i even think of believing you

[strike wolf]

what? don't tell me my response has left you speechless. It wasn't that bad...was it?

[Knight of Orient]

theres one thing ive always wondered though...about the number of troops who went on the first. by the way some of the persons who wrote of the crusades, i would have to say onehundredthousand went, because with the numbers of people who died in battle, disease, etc, and to reach jerusalem with with anout 20000 people, it only seems that that would by a logical number. does that seem right?

[strike wolf]

I don't know. give me a minute.

[strike wolf]

No I think there were more.

[Knight of Orient]

go ahead

[Caleb the Cruel]

how many crusades were there?

[strike wolf]

4 major ones but I think there were nine total?

[Caleb the Cruel]

so your jewish friends speak hebrew?

[strike wolf]

duh.

[Knight of Orient]

1st, 2nd, kings, there were several egypt crusades, childrens crusades, id have to get my books out, i can talk alot about the first three though, and on some of the egypt ones.

sry, gotta go. l8r