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Primary Sources: Saladin and the Crusaders fight over Jerusalem

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Read the passage Primary Sources: Saladin and the Crusaders fight over Jerusalem. Then answer the questions below.

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Read the passage Primary Sources: Saladin and the Crusaders fight over Jerusalem. Then answer the questions below.

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Question 1

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What was the primary purpose of the letters between King Richard I and Saladin?

to remove soldiers from Holy Land countries

to start another Crusade

to find the location of the True Cross

to negotiate control of Jerusalem

Question 2

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Which historical questions does this primary source answer? Select two correct answers.

How long did the messenger travel to deliver the letter to Saladin?

Which Holy Land countries were taken first during the Crusades?

How many letters were exchanged between King Richard I and Saladin?

What was the religious significance of Jerusalem? 

Why was the True Cross valuable to King Richard I?

Question 3

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Drag each statement to the correct box to identify views on the Holy Land.

It was the place where angels gathered and where Prophet Muhammad journeyed from Arabia.
It belonged originally to the Muslims.
It was too valuable to give up, even if there was only one man left to fight.

King Richard I
Saladin