Answer Both of the following questions. Write at least one-page answer each. I am looking for a good amount of detail. (Do your own research on these topics and do not use any quotation)
1. What led to the First Crusade? What happened in the Holy Land leading up to the crusade, why did Pope Gregory VII and Pope Urban II want to launch a crusade and why did Europeans join the crusade? Were their motivations purely religious? Lastly, how did the Latin Crusaders and Muslims view each other?
2. Discuss the escalation of Anti-Jewish policies in Nazi Germany in the 1930s. Then discuss the Holocaust. What happened during the Holocaust and what were the results? What excuse did Nazis give as to why they participated in the Holocaust, and does this excuse hold up? What were held from 1945-1949 to try to bring those involved in the Holocaust to justice and do you think enough was done to punish those who participated in the Holocaust?