Which was a reason for the First Crusade?
AEuropean merchants wanted to establish trading outposts in Muslim territories of the Middle East.
BWhen the Seljuk Turks took control of the Holy Land, it became more dangerous for Christians to travel there.
CMuslim caliphs wanted to overthrow the Jewish kingdom that had been established in Palestine.
DThe pope called for the destruction of the Eastern Orthodox church at Constantinople.
AEuropean merchants wanted to establish trading outposts in Muslim territories of the Middle East.
BWhen the Seljuk Turks took control of the Holy Land, it became more dangerous for Christians to travel there.
CMuslim caliphs wanted to overthrow the Jewish kingdom that had been established in Palestine.
DThe pope called for the destruction of the Eastern Orthodox church at Constantinople.