The Crusadesx

The Crusades were a series of wars fought by Western European Christians to recapture Jerusalem, the holy land, (modern-day Palestine), from the Muslims. Pope Urban II called the European Christians to go to Palestine to free Jerusalem and other holy places from the hands of Muslim domination. The Crusades began in 1095 and ended in the mid or late 13th century. The word 'crusade' was originally applied solely to the use of the Europeans who tried to take over Jerusalem, because it was a sacred site of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. However, later it was a term used for anything that was any military effort by the Europeans against the non-Christians.
The Crusades were a combination of both benefits and also set-backs. On one hand the Crusades brought new knowledge from the East (such as medicine, Arabic numbers, astronomy etc.), new trading possibilities, and the spread of the Christianity.…