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The Crusades were initiated by the Catholic Church in order to gain control of Jerusalem again, as it has fallen into the hands of the Muslims. While the Catholic Church had its goals in conquering Jerusalem, including wealth and power, it didn't foresee that the organizing of the Crusades its going to actually backfire on it and make the biggest blow to it.
The Crusades themselves had mixed outcome, sometimes winning, sometimes losing. What had much greater effect was that the Crusaders managed to bring in Europe lot of things from Asia which turned out to change the course of the history.
Because the Crusaders were in constant contact with the Muslims, they brought in numerous technological advancement in Europe. Also, through them, some of the ancient literature from Greece and Rome came back to Europe.
This prompted a huge interest among the people, especially the ones higher in the hierarchy, as they saw the potential of the new technology, but also the potential for the future based on the ancient literature. The end result was technological boom in Europe, loss of power by the Catholic Church, the Age of Discoveries, or all put in one, the Renaissance.
<u>Answer:</u>
When studying history, asking questions and checking other sources will improve one's perspective. The other awareness necessary is "To realize all writers and reporters have some bias of culture, geography, economics or politics".
<u>Explanation:</u>
History has been documented since the dawn of civilization, it is necessary to look into the main historical records and comprehend each perspective. Ability to understand history means not to be biased with your understanding base, each era has a justification why these events had occurred. Each writer has one or the other bias and this has affected the activities they write. Thus when reading books a viewer should take this into account.
