Question

What best identity’s the potential reason the urban 3 called for the crusades in 1095

A)to elevate the popes power by uniting Christians
B) to protect the lands of the Byzantine empire
C) to expand the economy with the Muslims traders

Answer 1

Pope Urban II called for the First Crusade A) to elevate the pope's power by uniting Christians and to protect the lands of the Byzantine empire.

Step-by-step explanation:

Pope Urban II called for the First Crusade in order to A) elevate the pope's power by uniting Christians.

He presented the idea of a religious war at a council in Clermont, France, in 1095, in response to the Byzantine request for aid.

Urban's goal was to free the Christian Holy Land from non-Christian rulers, particularly the Turks, to protect the Christians living there.