User: Which group began the practice of forming guilds? (Points : 1) Italian priests French vassals Italian city merchants British merchants

Weegy: British merchants
Auto answered|Score 1|MrG|Points 1382|

User: the crusades

Weegy: The Crusades were a series of religious expeditionary wars blessed by Pope Urban II and the Catholic Church, with the stated goal of restoring Christian access to the holy places in and near Jerusalem. [ Jerusalem was and is a sacred city and symbol of all three major Abrahamic faiths (Judaism, Christianity and Islam).[1] The background to the Crusades was set when the Seljuk Turks decisively defeated the Byzantine army in 1071 and cut off Christian access to Jerusalem. The Byzantine emperor, Alexis I feared that all Asia Minor would be overrun. He called on western Christian leaders and the papacy to come to the aid of Constantinople by undertaking a pilgrimage or a crusade that would free Jerusalem from Muslim rule.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusades ]
Expert answered|selymi|Points 8982|