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Thousands of Christians, mostly peasants and serfs, simply packed what they could and began on a Crusade to answer the call of Pope Urban II to regain the Holy Land from the Muslim Turks. Marked with a red cross these Crusaders were told it was their duty to fight and kill for God. It was your job to create a poster to encourage more people to join the Crusades or to promote peace showing the unspeakable crimes Christians made on their journey to the Holy Land. Why did you choose to support the Crusades? If not, why did you decide that the Crusades were wrong and call for peace? We know that the Crusaders failed to bring enough food and water resulting in violent raids of cities to meet their needs. What do you think happened to these Crusaders when they finally arrived at the hands of the battle tested Muslim Turks?

We have spent the last 4 weeks talking about Feudalism: The government of the Middle Ages. We have compared Feudalism to a chess board and you have even taken the role of Medieval land owners in the 'Decisions' game. But was Feudalism GOOD or BAD? If you had lived back then would you have supported the King or would you have joined the rebels? Explain your opinion here using examples from the book.