Why Were The Crusades A Success?

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The crusades were a bunch of attacks led by the Pope during the middle ages. It started out with Muslims conquering two thirds of Christian lands. In response to this the pope put together 100,000 men to reconquer the lands. The Christians reclaimed a lot of lost land such as, Mesopotamia, Persia, Spain, and more, eventually making small kingdom in them. One of the small kingdoms fell in the hands of the Muslims, and the Christians started the second crusade trying to reclaim the land. The crusade failed resulting in Muslim reign. Many crusades were fought after that, but most of them where not that successful. Even though the Crusades were very bloody and inhuman, I believe that crusades had a major impact in a good way to the world back then and even today. …show more content…

The results in that is both economy improved leading to more people to settle there. With more merchants coming, the Christians learned about new foods and goods. That was the first reason why the crusades were a success.

The second reason the crusades are a success is because at first, the crusades were able to reclaim land that was conquered by the Muslims. This was an important was an important feat because the reclaimed land were turned into mini kingdom. The first crusades showed the Muslims whose boss. This was the second reason why the crusades were successful.

Some people might believe that the crusades were a failure because most of the crusades after the the 3rd crusades were complete failures. However, they're wrong because, the crusades may not have brought riches to most of the crusaders, but, they brought new traditions, foods, and faiths. Also, the crusades were a complete success at first when they reconquered land from the Muslim. Those were more reasons why the crusades were a

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