This essay explains the different effects of the Crusades on the Muslims and the Christians. This includes positive and negative effects from the Crusades. Many of the gains are still seen today in the ideas for inventions and art.Some of these we still use to this day. This essay will go in depth of some of those ideas. Overall the Crusades impacted both societies more positive than negative.
For the Christians one of the positive effects were through the economy. The economy flourished in Europe for the Italian merchants. This was because the merchants bought and sold luxury goods, unknown foods and spices from the Middle East. This brought ideas such as medicines, textiles, preserved meat and cinnamon. Secondly, it costs a lot to join the
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Firstly, the Christians gave them ideas for way to improve and create defense. They watched how the Europeans beat them in battles and examined the Europeans techniques. These defense later influenced the castles of Europe. For example, the castle in fig.1 shows the defense the Muslims created from the Christians ideas. Secondly, it is known that the Crusade made the Christians and the Muslims dislike each other more, but there is more to it. When the two cultures started to trade they both grew more interested in each other's cultures. That only lasted for a little bit, then the war drew them far apart. That is why to this day they respect each in most countries, but still dislike each other in most countries. They even have wars to do with religion in the 20th century. For example the the wars in Israel has had many religious wars. ("Author, Crusades in the Middle East: The Impact of the Holy Land Crusades on Europe." - All Empires. .Para:7)Lastly, the Muslims the Muslims made lots of money from the Christians. Once the Christians found out that the Muslims had a lot food, ideas and spices that they didn't have. They paid a lot of money to the Muslims to purchase them. For example, the muslim peasant/vendor would harvest there spice. They would put it up for sale for really high price. A christian person come up and pays the high price because he desires it. Then the Christian take home or sometimes sell at the market. The
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.
Crusader who brought contact with the Muslims loosened hierarchy of feudalism. Towns and cities were growing quicker in the European society. When they returned their land with goods, which enlarged the Europeans economy. The noble churches want their own territories of the church tax and own bishops. The popes had the power to block Christians from getting the church sacraments.
Among some of the largest conflicts in the world stand the Crusades; a brutal conflict that lasted over 200 years and was debatably one of the largest armed religious conflicts in the history of humankind. Since this is so clearly an event of importance, historians have searched vigorously for the true answer as to why the crusades began. Ultimately, because of accusatory views on both the sides of the Christians and of the Muslims, the two groups grew in such hatred of each other that they began to act in deep discrimination of each other. Moreover, Christian motives seemed to be driven mostly by the capture of Jerusalem, the dark ages of Europe and the common-folks desperation for land, wealth, and a spot in heaven. What seems to be continually
The crusades were soldiers that would fight battles against other religions. The people who would sign up their sins would be forgiven. The crusades were a series of holy wars and they . Many people lost their lives fighting the wars and a lot of their lands were destroyed. There were more negative results then positive results because lots of people died and most their land was ruined.The crusades results were mostly negative because they would fail most of their goals. They left a bitter legacy on religious hatred. Also Christians and muslims would commit crimes of the name of religion and would be attacked by other religions.
The emphasis of the Catholic religion during the Crusades resulted in the spreading of Christianity across many regions in Europe, and also resulted in an increase in trade. The Crusades were fought in order to take back the land of Jerusalem from the Muslims, and also to protect the Catholic Church. The Crusades began when Pope Urban II stated that “.an accursed race utterly alienated from God. has invaded the lands of the Christians and depopulated them by the sword, plundering, and fire. Tear that land from the wicked race and subject it to yourselves,” in which he blames the Muslims for the loss of their holy land.
To begin with, one reason the effects is because it allowed people ppl to travel, have and adventure as well as merchant were able to set up market in different places Document 2 states that “Merchants in Venice and other northern Italian cities built large fleets to carry crusaders
The Crusades were a call to action from the Roman Catholic Church to go and free the Holy Land, Jerusalem, from other religious groups living there, such as the Muslim and Jewish people. At the time, The Church played an influential role in every aspect of a person’s life, and people looked to The Church to see how they should act. The Crusades were motivated by ideas of wealth, Heaven, and power. People were promised all of those things by The Church and Pope Urban II. According to Document B, the Crusaders treated the Jewish people and other groups harshly. These cruel actions led to bad relationships between The Church and other groups. The Crusades introduced a new way of living for the Europeans. After the Crusades, Europeans began to trade with the areas of the Holy Land. The Europeans wanted the new goods they had been introduced to, such as spices, sugar, and silk. The Crusades were caused by power and religious reasons, and they changed the European trade system and their interactions with other groups.
How could the Christian church, which bases itself off kindness and peace, allow the Crusades to happen? The religion known to be loving of all was the cause of the most catastrophic occurrence in the late eleventh and late thirteenth centuries because of misconceptions and avarice of the pope. Of all of the religious wars fought, this was the one with the highest level of ridiculousness. Members of the church fought for all of the wrong reasons and the outcome was poor because of it. Even though the Crusades were justified by the false philosophies of both parties, they were overall beneficial economically. Before one can analyze the thoughts of the people, he or she must know what came about to make them think like this.
There was a series of brutal wars undertaken by the Christians of Europe, this took place between the 11th and 14th century, that was the crusades. It happened to recover the great holy lands from the Muslims.
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.
... The traders teach each other skills to make themselves better and more profitable. Although the crusades had many beneficial outcomes, some were not as great. During the crusades, hatred formed between Christians and Muslims. This hatred will last many years and still continues today in some ways.
The emperor of the Byzantine Emperor was upset with Turks encroaching on his empire. He went to the Pope Urban II and complained. He made up atrocities about the Turks. In 1096, The Pope Urban II promoted the Crusade to reclaim the Holy Land from the barbaric Turks. These crusades lasted till the 13th century. In the process, Jews were persecuted and lots of looting took place. Many countries took interest in the Crusades because they were ready for travel and adventure. They wanted to expand trade with the Middle and Far East and so the Crusades gave them a chance to open up trade routes with those countries. They used Christianity to justify the Crusades. In reality, they wanted to expand trade and gain more territorial land.
“Where there’s smoke, there’s fire” To understand the causes of the crusades, we must have a solid understanding of the Islamic world and Europe backgrounds – respectively. By the tenth century, the Islamic empire under Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad was divided. The Fatimid, Shiite dynasty established a Shiite Caliphate in Egypt, and Cairo was its capital. They had tried to unite the Islamic world under its caliphate and they had become enemies to the Sunni caliphate in Baghdad. As a result, the Islamic world was divided.
How did the Crusades affect the Christians, Muslims, and Jews? The crusades impacted them all greatly for they were all a key part of the Crusades. Occasionally A religion may get a positive consequence but most of the time it was a negative one. Why did they all want Jerusalem? They all wanted it because it had a religious value to them. For the Jews, it was their spiritual city where the great temple once stood. For the Christians, it was where Jesus was crucified and rose from the dead. Last but not least for the Muslims it was where Muhammad rose to heaven during the night journey.
Religious feelings were the principal cause of the Crusades. Up until 1065 the Moslems had control o...