In the current news, the religious tensions between Christians and Muslim extremists are a recurring topic that sparks conversations between many people. The history behind this religious conflict goes back into the early 7th and 8th centuries during the times of the Byzantine and West European Empires. Although the conflicts between the two religions may have not been profound in the past, they were solidified due to the Crusades. Lasting from 1096 to 1204 CE, the Crusades were a prominent event in history and they had a significant impact on both the Byzantine and Western European Empires. These four expeditions involved the long distance travel across Europe, the loss of many innocent lives and the destruction of cities and important artifacts.The …show more content…
After the Crusades, trade, architecture, and urban culture started to flourish. Islamic achievements in medicine, science, mathematics, and philosophy helped to make a large impact on Western Europe. All of this came from contact with the Muslims during the Crusades. Contact with the Muslims also helped to establish port city connections between Palestine and other European countries. This establishment helped to increase trade with Eastern Countries. Also, an advancement in navigation and ship-building led to better built navigation pathways and maritime transportation. For the Byzantine Empire and other parts of Eastern Europe, trade across the Mediterranean Ocean brought Muslim merchants and Italian merchants together. The different merchants exchanged goods and this helped to spread culture and religion to new locations. This type of trade helped spread knowledge, culture and solidify ties between different cities and different people. While the Crusades did establish new connections, the battles also led to the destruction of important intellectual and artistic artifacts. In Constantinople, the last Crusade ended with a fire which consumed the city. This fire burnt libraries full of ancient manuscripts and the fire also led to the destruction of ancient art pieces, precious altars and jewelry. The loss of these important objects and the …show more content…
However, the legacy of the Crusades impacted civilizations in many other ways. The commercial, political, religious, intellectual and artistic themes all contributed to past and present society in different ways. In fact, the legacy of the Crusades is present in today's society. Extreme terrorists group such as ISIS still show the religious tensions between Christians and extreme Muslims. The Crusades are not the only reason for political and religious tensions today, but it was a contributor to the current global state. The principles and influences behind the Crusades may not be of importance to a person, but these wars are partially responsible for the current life we live in. The Crusades impacted past societies, and these wars continue to make a significant impression on current
The Crusades took place in the Middle East between 1095 and 1291. They were used to gain a leg up on trading, have more land to show hegemony, and to please the gods. Based upon the documents, the Crusades between 1095 and 1291 were caused primarily by religious devotion rather than by the desire for economic and political gain.
From the eleventh century throughout the thirteenth century there were six wars throughout that time line between the christians and the muslims. These specific wars were known as the crusades caused by the crusaders also known as the christians and muslims. The crusades legacy wasn't a very kind one you see it was kind of bitter legacy they left behind them. Here's two examples why the crusades were all about negative actions. In document 4 it states that the crusades caused severe damage to the the byzantine empire that unit never recovered from that destruction that the crusaders caused. A second reason that caught my eye was in document 6 that they did not care about an other it was kill or be killed that this city was savagely taken and
The crusades were a series of wars between the christians and muslims.Were the results of the crusades more positive or negative. I believe that the results of the crusades were more positive the negative.Some reasons i believe that the effects were more positive than negative were because It allowed people to travel, have and adventure as well as merchant were able to set up market in different places, and how the crusades affected the way the crusaders lived their lives back in england after they returned.
Maalouf’s main thesis in The Crusades Through Arab Eyes is that the crusades are a major part of history and have truly influenced every one of our lives. The second pa...
In 1095, a series of medieval battles, also known as the crusades, began between the Christians and Muslims. Pope Urban II delivered an influential speech to the knights and soldiers to fight and win the “Holy Land” back. He used convincing language as he supports the benefits of war. He states that by doing this, they will be doing God’s desire, giving them a sure passage into heaven, he also says that if whoever kill anyone that is not Christian, will be rewarded; therefore he is using religious ideals to motivate the citizens to battle. After his speech, a large amount of people started their journey to the Holy Land. The main motive behind the crusades was financial gain, but was also religious principles and prizes in the background.
Now that we’re back in Europe, we can share the new ideas and goods that we picked up while we were in the Middle East.” Crusader 1 statement shows that he learned about geography and he’s sharing the ideas and goods he brought from the Middle East to Western Europe; which is an example of cultural diffusion. This is how crusaders were affected socially after the crusades.
The period of the crusades can be seen as one of much death and destruction for minimal gains, without the crusades however, it is very plausible that Europe itself would have been swallowed whole by the invading Muslim armies. As much as the crusades had been seen as valiant efforts by the Christian knights, they also played a crucial part in many terrible acts occurring in the name of them, in particular The Fourth Crusades. During the Fourth Crusades the great city of Constantinople was sacked, the reasons for this could be attributed to greed, power, and desperation.
The Crusades were a turning point in history that affected the Middle East and Europe. The Crusades did transform the economy of the Middle East, but many of the changes were bad for Middle Eastern countries, but beneficial for the European countries. Even while the Crusades benefited the Middle East by making European nations weak to invasion, the Muslim nations were more hurt by the Crusades because: the Europeans gained new intelligence, making the European nations just as developed as the Muslim nations; created a distrust between Muslims and Christians, making trade and interaction between the groups harder; and encouraged an age of European expansion, lessening the role of Middle Eastern nations in trade. Even though the European nations failed in the crusades, cultural diffusion took place over the many years they inhabited Muslim countries, and in turn the Europeans took these ideas so they became as developed as Muslim nations. The Crusades increased contact between the Christians and the Muslims because the first Crusaders would live in Muslim cities in-between.
In 1095, Jerusalem was a flourishing city that was the main powerhouse for three religions; all three religions wanted complete control over the holy land. These three religions were Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, and all three religions were known to use Jerusalem as a place of religious reasons. But in turn, the best part about Jerusalem was the political power it held. Pope Urban’s demand for power and Jewish Israel’s desire to control Palestinians are the factors in the political conflict over the holy land.
In 1095, the conflict between the Christians and the Muslims started a crusade (a military campaign in defense of Christianity) for the battle of Jerusalem. This crusade involved people of other religions besides Christianity such as the Jews but they did not play a major role during this time. The Crusades lasted almost two decades and consisted of eight different crusades. With all of the events and actions that took during the Crusades, it led too many effects throughout years. There were short term effects and long term effects from the crusades that effected people of all different cultures. Two places which have had many effects from the Crusades are Europe and Islam. The Crusades has had short term and long term effects on power, economic and classical knowledge throughout Europe and Islam.
In the Eastern World, the Crusades had major impacts on the cultural and economical aspect of
There are multiple causes of the Crusades. One is that the Christian people were being murdered and the Christendom people wanted to fight. Another Crusade was because the Turks were constantly making threats and even went after Constantine. The effects of the Crusades are that the kings increased the taxes in the kingdoms and increased their authority. The Crusades also led to land expansion and in some ways “militarized” churches.
The crusades proved the importance of Christianity during the Middle Ages. We saw people willing to fight for their Christian beliefs and how much of a powerhouse the church had over most parts of Europe at the time. Christians wanted to recapture Jerusalem, the Holy Land, from the Muslims. I believe because of all the fighting in Europe, the Middle Ages had deep foundations in war and violence. We later hear about the 100 years war with France and Great Britain, or the battle of Hastings, and you can start to see the answer to everything back then was to go to battle. Going to battle under, and for the Christian church was the reason so many people joined the crusades, besides all of the promises the pope gave as well. Because of the crusades, we can also see the Middle Ages heavily involving trade and commerce with other traders. Crusade and Muslim fighters bought things and new ideas and goods were shared through the years. There were more advanced empires who had products Crusaders wanted and traded for, so the Middle Ages started to find trade as a new norm.
The Crusades brought many great things that ultimately impacted history in the middle ages because of its religious expansion, military conquest and trying to overthrow the muslims, and finally resorted to looting and stealing throughout their conquest. Through the nine Crusades ideas were spread, but also blood was shed over the Holy Land which both sides believed that it was rightfully theirs. The Crusades ended with no clear victor which leaves much room for historians to debate today, but the fact is that the true victory was that ideas and new ways of life were spread from continent to continent during a time of war and conquest.
Historians used to think that the crusaders that came back to Europe presented other people, like westerners, to eastern goods and ways of life which influenced Western life. As a product of the crusade, The westerners and people who crusaded argued. Europeans were introduced to goods like: sugar, silk, velvet, and glass mirrors But, Historians now take back those arguments and point to the large amount of exchange between Muslims, Byzantines, and Europeans a long time before Crusades even started. Western Europeans also learned how to build superior ships and make more accurate maps after the Crusades. They also learned to use magnetic compasses in order to tell which direction they were going. In addition, the Crusades indicated and affected religious trends. Some people were devoted to St. George in the early Middle Ages. The intensity of this devotion increased in Europe after he intervened astoundingly at the Battle of Antioch in 1098, so the Crusades had a highly negative effect on