The correct answer is A) The Byzantine emperor requested help from the pope. C) Muslims, Christians, and Jews wanted to protect, defend, and control the Holy Land.
The statements that describe an event or belief that led to the Crusades are the following: The Byzantine emperor requested help from the pope and Muslims, Christians, and Jews wanted to protect, defend, and control the Holy Land.
Both Christians and Muslims wanted to control the holy land of Jerusalem. This derived in the Crusades War. Eight major crusades confrontation happened from 1096 to 1291. The Middle Ages were times of conflict and wars. The Muslims had attacked Byzantine Empire territories and fouth to secure the control of its sacred sites. So Byzantium had to ask help to other Western European nations to fight the powerful Muslim army.
