The Crusades 2

When you think of wars that would last hundreds of years and would take many lives, religion is not the first subject to come to mind. But in actuality many wars over the years have been fought for that reason. Just so people can worship who they want, where they want, and try to keep others who don’t agree with them in fewer numbers. A series of these wars took place from the 1098 A.…

…and just led to the death of many people. The first crusade was the only one believed to be successful. The five crusades that followed were all very unsuccessful and they just led to the deaths of many Christians and European leaders. They supposedly showed the dedication of the European Christians, but in actuality many of the people joined the crusades just so they could destroy non-Christians or so they could get lands and riches.