Before class on Monday/Tuesday, please read pages 287-292 over Western Europe and the Crusades. Look out for the following details as you read:
- What allowed Western Europe to be "revived" between 1000 and 1200? (pg. 287)
- What was the significance of the Italian city of Venice? What types of things did it trade? (pg. 288)
- What were the Crusades? What three social-economic developments contributed to their start, according to the textbook? (pg. 289)
- What are pilgrimages? What types of pilgrimages did European Christians take? (pg. 289)
- What role did the decline of the Byzantine Empire have on the start of the Crusades? (pg. 290)
- What role did Alexius Comnenus and Pope Urban II have in the start of the Crusades? (pg. 290)
- What was the result of the First Crusade? What happened in 1187? What was the result of the Fourth Crusade? (pg. 290)
- What were the most important impacts of the Crusades? There are a lot of examples! (pgs. 290-291)