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The crusades had begun as a Christian “holy war”, but turned into a quest for power and territory. ... The success of the first crusade marked the beginning of two hundred years of crusades, but the Christians would gain nothing more than what they had two hundred years earlier. ... Before the time of the crusades, the Holy Land was known to the Christians solely as a place of pilgrimage (Keen,1991. ... At the time of the crusades there was a spirit of adventure apparent in the art and literature of the western Europeans. ... Although higher motives than a love of adventure and the hope of conquest inspired many who went on the crusades. ...
During the crusades the Christians’ “Holy War” became a struggle for power and territory and the Muslims territorial expansion turned into a Jihad. ...
After two hundred years of crusades the Muslims overthrew the Christians, which led to the final fatal weakening of the Byzantine Empire. ... This marked the beginning of two hundred years of crusades (University of Kansas,2001. ... The most significant effect of the crusades may have been a vast increase in cultural horizons for many Europeans. ... The crusades launched economic dominance of cities like Genova and Venice. The financial burdens of the crusades, coupled with the need to borrow money to finance them, weakened the power of the nobility and strengthened the merchant classes and the independence of cities. ...
The principle effects of the crusades on the Muslim world was negative. ... The Muslim world was already becoming more intellectual and theologically conservative; the crusades accelerated the process and further undermined the long tradition of tolerance in the Muslim world (Dutch,2001.
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Title: crusades
Words: 1528
Rating: None
Pages: 6.1
submitted by: thomas12
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