The Crusades were fought for over two centuries to achieve what for the Muslims and Christians?

Moors castle

Map of Crusades through the ages

The Moors – Muslim people of mixed Berber and Arab decent, initially inhabiting NW Africa. They were a race advanced in science, mathematics and medicine and in the 8^th Century conquered the Iberian Peninsular. It was not until the cease of the 15^th century that they were finally driven from their remaining stronghold at Granada – Spain. They left backside a rich legacy of architecture, including the Alhambra palace.

The Crusaders – Opposite to the Hollywood perception of the Crusaders there was fiddling of merit or dignity, certainly in the beginning. The first cause started in 1096 by a radical monk – Peter the Hermit. They behaved badly en-route, persecuting the Jews earlier leaving Europe and standing their rampage to Constantinople. To avoid local problems they were moved to Anatolia where they started "crusading" in hostage, torturing, pillaging and massacring indiscriminately. Unfortunately most of their victims were Byzantine Christians who lived around Nicaea. At the castle Xerigordon they were somewhen all killed by the Arab lord Kilij Arslan i.

There and so followed several crusades over the centuries, better organised but having gained little in humanity or compassion, save that directly commanded by Richard one, who would allow no atrocities. Information technology is recorded at the time that the Muslims were amazed at the pitiless brutality of the invading forces. Muslim Toledo had already fallen in 1085, followed by Corsica and Malta in 1090, Provence in 1050, Sicily in 1091 and Jerusalem 1099. In the 13^thursday century there followed a farther moving ridge of devastation from two fronts. The crusaders again (1217-1291) and the Mongol invasion (1219-1329) of the eastern areas. Cordoba barbarous in 1236, followed by Valencia – 1238 and Seville – 1248. In the due east the Mongols devastated nigh of key and western Asia, India and Persia. The fall of Baghdad in 1258 ended Abbasid Caliphate and 2 million Muslims were massacred in this city alone.

The tertiary wave ended the Muslim reign in Spain in 1492 and more than 1 million books of Muslim works on science, arts, philosophy and culture were burnt in the Vivarrambla square in Granada.

Don't misinterpret the foregoing, which is entirely factual. History does non record that the Muslim was an oppressed race, far from it. Information technology must be borne in heed that the original invasions and expansion by Muslims, starting in the 7^th and 8^thursday century, was neither invited nor bloodless. Much of what followed was carried out in a vicious and brutal style, by both sides, in the proper name of organized religion. Simply primarily the underlying actions were politically motivated.

© 2012 Peter Geekie

Peter Geekie (author) from Sittingbourne on December 20, 2014:

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Dear Skillman,

Cheers for your comments and opinions.

Neither side can claim any particular credit for a especially vicious menses of globe history.

kind regards Peter

Skillman on December 19, 2014:

"The Crusades were the long-term result of the rise of Islam!

         Now let me enlighten you most the Crusades & Inquisition.  Specifically, the commencement Crusade was in response to Muslim armed services incursion into Europe on ii fronts, Espana and Asia minor. It was an act of self defence. No need to acknowledge to whatsoever wrong doing of sinfulness

Peter Geekie (author) from Sittingbourne on November 18, 2013:

Honey Hschneider,

Thank you for your comment.

Homo seems to need fiddling excuse to fight each other even when yous are preaching beloved and kindness. Nosotros are foreign beings indeed

kind regards Peter

Howard Schneider from Parsippany, New Jersey on November 17, 2013:

Bang-up historical Hub, Peter. You are right that many of the wars over the course of human history have been fought in the name of religion. Only look at the Middle East currently. Times take not changed much and its human toll is a horrible shame. When volition we ever acquire?

Peter Geekie (author) from Sittingbourne on August fifteen, 2013:

Beloved Twilight Lawns,

Thank you lot for your comment.

In that location was picayune of any compassion or credit to either religion most of these wars were fought in the name of the prophets as an excuse for plundering lands and wealth. Piffling has inverse even today much is the compassion.

kind regards Peter

Twilight Lawns from Norbury-sur-Mer, Surrey, England. U.K. on August xv, 2013:

The above is well written, informative, and not ho-hum;y long. Give thanks you.

Being a catechumen to Islam, I am ashamed and appalled at the actions of the very few members of my alliance nowadays, just accept also been horrified at the Crusaders' treatment of the Muslims living in harmony with Jews, Christians and others in the cities that were rampaged through during the Dandy Crusades.

Many of these were land grabbing expeditions of poor lords and disenfranchised younger sons... only no less unforgivable.

Peter Geekie (author) from Sittingbourne on June 28, 2013:

Dear Jane

thanks for your comment. It is a sad fact that much of the decease and wars fought by humans have been in the proper name of religion.

Kind regards Peter

Jane on June 28, 2013:

I read some about this at school but never understood it

None of it seems very christian

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