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A 4 page paper which examines the Crusades and discusses how it is the most important historical event influencing western civilization up till the 1500s. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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of history. Prior to the 1500s the world population was clearly not as big as it would become, and many nations were still just beginning to come in contact with
one another. This essentially made history something that occurred in various pockets of the world and events did not necessarily affect all cultures, but rather only particular cultures. However, the
Crusades was the biggest event in history prior to 1500 that change the western world forever, changed western civilization, and made a lasting impact that is still seen and felt
today. The following paper examines this reality. The Crusades The Crusades history, although possibly traced even further back, is generally considered to have begun when Islam began to
expand very powerfully over the known world. "The mid 7th century to the mid 10th century CE saw the gradual expansion of Islam. Half of the Christian world was conquered
by Arab armies; this included countries in which Christianity had been established for centuries, such as Egypt, southern France, southern Italy, Sicily, Spain, Syria, Turkey" (Robinson, 2005). While there were
tensions and fears, Islam and Christian people tended to move across boundaries in many ways. However, in the 11th century the Catholic Church divided strongly from the Byzantine Empire (Robinson,
2005). As tensions grew and fears increased, on the part of Christians, the Pope took action and in 1095 he essentially demanded that Europeans engage in a crusade to
go free Jerusalem from the Muslim rulers (Robinson, 2005). "The first and second wave of Crusaders murdered, raped and plundered their way up the Rhine and down the Danube as
they headed for Jerusalem" (Robinson, 2005). By the time the Crusades had ended there had been approximately 200,000 deaths and religious intolerance became the norm (Robinson, 2005). The Christians,
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