Why did the crusades happen? Have you ever thought about that? Or have you just decided in your own mind it was the evil white man who all of a sudden decided he was going to go out and slaughter arabs? Europe had been under siege by Islam for 500 years. Islam had taken over most of Italy, Spain, half of France and was knocking on the doors of Vienna. (The gates of Vienna) Europeans had been watching this take over silencly, not retaliating. Now they had had enough. Arabs were taking hundreds of thousands of european slaves to brutal living conditions in foreign countries. If you look at the number of battles initiated by arabs throughout the centuries vs the crusades, the crusades account for very little of the battles in this era. Youtube "why we are afraid" and watch the lecture.
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