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Despite having a basis in religious and ethnic intolerance, the way in that the Crusades increased cultural interaction between Europe and the Middle East was the following.
Beyond waging war during the Crusades, Europeans started to appeal for goods from Asia, India, and China. Muslim goods and art seemed to like European people and trade relationships started to be more common. The famous Silk Road served to connect European merchants with Asian merchants and the exchange of products and ideas through the Silk Road was an important part of trade history in those years.
Shah Ismail conquered Persia in the early sixteenth century and was the founder of the Safavid Dynasty.
Stalin knew the end of the fight against Germany would free up his vast armed forces to invade Japanese-held territory in Asia, such as resource-rich Manchuria. The USSR declared war after the Hiroshima bombing but before the Nagasaki bombing. It's intention was clearly to grab territory before Japan surrendered
