The word " crusade" refers to any war fought by divine command or for a primarily religious purpose. The Crusades were considered to be "holy wars" because the Christian crusaders invaded the Holy land. These Crusades applied solely to the European efforts to retake Jerusalem from the Muslims. Jerusalem was a sacred city to Christians because it was seen as the site of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Popes and Kings, eager for new land and wealth, encouraged crusaders. The crusades came from all over Europe. Most crusaders

Although the Crusades brought no lasting results in terms of military conquest, they were important in the development of trade. The reestablishment of traffic between the East and West, which after having been suspended for several centuries, was then resumed with even greater success. These trade routes generated a beneficial contact between the cultures. Many merchants from the cities of Venice and Genoa bought spices, sugar, cloth and cotton. Other merchants from Sicily and Aragorn traded Tunisian gold and Algerian wool and animal skins. Popular goods traded from the Middle East were sugar, melons, cotton, ultra marine dye, and damask cloth. Trade between the East and West caused prosperity among the people.

I believe that World War II was also called a "Crusade in Europe" because mainly, Hitler was trying to "rid" the world of all Jews. Hitler invaded Europe and began to push forth his dictatorship, the allied powers fought back in the

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