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Its either:

  • He wanted to conquer Constaninople.

  • He wanted to control trade routes.

  • He wanted Muslim pilgrims to be able to visit the holy land.

  • He thought a crusade would unite Europe.

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One reason was that he felt that is was the duty of Christians to seize back the Holy Land from the Turks and felt this might result in the uniting of Christianity.

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