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Which of the Following Precipitated the First Crusade

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Which of the following precipitated the First Crusade?


A) With the support of Pope Urban II, the Byzantine emperor Alexius I launched a campaign against the Turks in 1095 to reclaim Jerusalem for the Byzantine Empire.
B) At the Council of Worms in 1095, the Franks launched a campaign that sent bands of knights (crusaders) to spread Christendom in the "heathen" Near East.
C) The Byzantine emperor sent messengers to the pope to plead for mercenary troops to combat the Turks, but instead Pope Urban II issued a general call to arms to free Jerusalem.
D) Muslim Seljuk Turks captured Jerusalem in 1095, burning down churches and terrorizing the Christian population, who appealed to European Christians for aid.

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