Multiple choice general knowledge sports

The crusades including the ill fated childrens crusades which numbered over 10 thousand starving orphans and children from Europe attacking castle walls were primarily for what purpose?

  1. Reclaiming Jerusalem and the Holy land

  2. Avenging the murder of Richard the Lionheart by the Romans

  3. Theres no such thing as a crusade

  4. To test the faith of people
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Explanation

The Crusades (1095-1291) were primarily religious wars aimed at reclaiming Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslim control. The Children's Crusade (1212) was a tragic episode where thousands of children died or were sold into slavery.

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