There were many causes of the crusades including political, economic, and religious factors. However, the crusades were a major conflict between European Christian forces and Muslim armies from Western Asia who fought for control of the Holy Lands that had importance to both Christians in Muslim. The control of these lands brought power, prestige, religious importance, and also economic gains to whichever force controlled these lands.
En el contexto del arte, la arquitectura y la cultura de la antigua Grecia, el período clásico corresponde a la mayoría de los siglos V y IV a. C. (las fechas más comunes son la caída del último tirano ateniense en 510 a. C. y la muerte de Alejandro Magno) Genial en 323 aC).