CRUSADES

Muslim- Christian Clash Causes

• Control of SW Asia 11th century• Religious- Christians sought to re-establish

their faith in SW Asia• Political- Byzantine Empire wanted to retake

land lost from the Seljuk Turks and asked Christians in western Europe for help; Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches

Muslim- Christian Clash Causes

• Economic- Trade; Europeans were concerned that luxury goods from Asia (spices and silk) would be cut off if the Byzantine capital Constantinople, came under Muslim control

Muslim- Christian Clash results

• Militarily- Europeans gained only small territories eastern coast of the Mediterranean; centers of Christianity and trade with “the East”

• Jerusalem -city occupied by Muslims, Jews, and Christians

• Culturally- great advancements for the Europeans; Greek and Roman literature; Renaissance

• This started western Europe on a path toward global hegemony (control)

Muslim- Christian Clash results

• Economic- Spices, foods, silk, cotton, and other products entered western Europe

• Towns increased along trade routes to the “East” and increase in wealth in the “West”

• Expeditions- Christopher Columbus• Unfamiliar diseases- increased contacts

between western Europeans and Asians via trades