(Definition of âput the cart before the horseâ from the Cambridge Advanced Learnerâs Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press) Translations of âput the cart before the horseâ.
FIRST CRUSADE. It was against this background that Pope Urban II, in a speech at Clermont in France in November 1095, called for a great Christian expedition to free Jerusalem from the Seljuk Turks, a new Muslim power that had recently begun actively harassing peaceful Christian pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem.
The First Crusade The First Crusade had a very difficult journey getting to the Middle East. There were about 30,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 knights on horseback.They could not use the Mediterranean Sea as the Crusaders did not control the ports on the coast of the Middle East.Therefore, they had to cross land.ack. The First Crusade The First Crusade had a very difficult journey getting to the Middle East. There were about 30,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 knights on horseback. They could not use the Mediterranean Sea as the Crusaders did not control the ports on the coast of the Middle East.