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The Crusades were a series of military campaigns organised by Christian powers in order to retake Jerusalem and the Holy Land back from Muslim control. There would be eight officially sanctioned crusades between 1095 CE and 1270 CE and many more unofficial ones. Each campaign met with varying successes and failures but, ultimately, the wider objective of keeping Jerusalem and the Holy Land in Christian hands failed. Nevertheless, the appeal of the crusading ideal continued right up to the 16th century CE.
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The Spanish were motivated by a desire for gold
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The gold was used by the Spanish monarchy to pay off its debts and also to fund its 'religious' wars. Therefore, gold started to trickle out to other European countries who benefited from the Spanish wealth