Middle+Ages+Artifacts2


 * **The Crusades** || **The Black Death** ||
 * [[image:Crusade_Picture.jpg width="264" height="264"]] || [[image:Black_Death_Picture.jpg width="309" height="228"]] ||
 * This images shows the capture of Jerusalem. This took place during the first crusade. The first crusade started in 1096 and lasted for only 3 years. During the second crusade, there were many attacks from the Muslims. The Muslims goal was to remove the Christians from their territory. The Muslims won the battle. During the third crusade, the Muslim military leaders continued to attack the Crusader States. One of the leaders of the third crusade was King Phillip II Augustus. || The Black Plague is a serious disease. Many people died from this plague. A lot of people saw this plague as a punishment from God. Christians also persecuted Jews. A religious group known as the flagellants whipped themselves from town to town. Some Europeans thought astrology was the cause of the Black Death. ||