Important+Sites+of+the+Crusades

__** Important Sites of the Crusades **__

__** Jerusalem **__ Jerusalem was the main cause of the Crusades. It is the holy city that Christians and Muslims wanted to capture. Christians wanted to capture it because they believed it was the city in which Jesus was crucified. The Muslims had inhabited Jerusalem before and during the Crusades and the Christians did not want another religion living in their holy land.



Crusader occupied Iconium twice during the Crusades, once in 1097 by Duke Godfrey and a second time by Frederick I Barbarossa.
 * __ ﻿Iconium __**

Antioch was captured by the Crusaders in 1098 and was made the capital of the crusader state, the Principality of Antioch. Control of Antioch changed many times. The Romans, Persians, Byzantines, Muslims, and Crusaders all had control at one point. __** Map of Important Places **__
 * __ Antioch __**