The objectives of the Crusades were to check the spread of Islam, to retake control of the Holy Land, to conquer pagan areas, and to recapture formerly Christian territories. The Crusades were seen by many of their participants as a means of redemption and expiation for sins.
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Efforts to underscore washington's continued engagement in the region
The seven-step cycle involved: Israel being delivered, which would lead to Israel having reverence for god, then slipping up and finding idolatry and sin - the bad things, which would lead them into enslavement, next asking for God's help, a judge would come and Israel would be delivered or saved or come again and the cycle would repeat.
C. The Medici family. They ruled from about 1430 to 1730. They were a family of Italian bankers that funded a lot of the arts in Florence Italy.
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