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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.
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.
Jerusalem, & the Holy land
Pope Urban II called for the crusade against the holy land.
Urban sent soldiers to the Holy Land to try to take it back from the Muslim invaders.
retake holy land
retake the Holy Land from the Muslim Turks.
pope urban called on the christians from all over Europe to retake the holy land from the Muslim Turks
Pope Urban II at the Council of Clermont in the year 1095.
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Pope Urban II in the year 1095.
The Crusades.
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