What were the goals of the first crusade?

There were three main

goals of the First Crusade. They were to capture the Christian holy

land, Jerusalem, and to take Jerusalem for the Catholic Church.

Jerusalem was a long sought-after city for all the Abrahamic

religions (Islam, Judaism, Christianity) because it is noted in the

holy writings of all three religions that it is a prominent city.

It is said in The Bible of the Christians that Jesus was taken

there, put on trial and crucified. In Islam, it is where where

Muhammad rose into Heaven. It was important to the Jews because it

was where Abraham was directed to sacrifice his son Isaac at God’s

direction.