Why did Pope Urban II call for the First Crusade?

A. He hoped to reunite the Church.

B. He wanted to take over the Byzantine empire.

C. He wanted to convert the Turks to Christianity.

D. He was getting back at the Turks for an attack on Rome.

The answer is A. He hoped to reunite the Church.

Explanation:

When the Turks threatened to invade the Byzantine Empire and take Constantinople, Byzantine Emperor made a  appeal to Pope for help. Pope Urban II, who had wanted to reinforce the power of the papacy, seized the opportunity to unite Christian Europe under him as he fought to take back the Holy Land or Jerusalem from the Turks. At the Council of Clermont (France), Pope Urban II delivered a speech to call on people stopping their in-fighting and starting a war to help their fellow Christians in the East and take back Jerusalem.

The pope urban 11 call for the first crusade he hope to reunite the Church. A

Explanation:

Pope urban ll order the first crusade at a time when the Muslim seljuk Turks who has taken over almost Byzantine Anatolia and were threatened the rest of the Byzantine Empire, the Byzantine Emperor, Emperor Alexios I Komnenoswho was affected by the Muslim Turks send an ambassador to the Pope and ask for help. In response to the Emperor request, which was deliver to the Pope at a public council at piacenza on March 1095, Urban orders the first crusade calling on all Christians to reclaim the holy Land on November 27.

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