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Three causes of the Crusades.

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1. The Seljuk Turks took control of the Holy Land of Jerusalem and Palestine from the Byzantine Empire.

2. Turks did not allow Christians to make pilgrimages to the Holy Land.

3. Pope Urban II urged Kings to raise armies and retake the Holy Land.

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