Although the Crusades are popularly viewed as religiously inspired campaigns to recapture the Holy Land, students should recognize them as a result of the social and economic events in Europe between 1000 and 1200. Religious and secular leaders seeking to end the fighting among feudal lords seized upon the Crusades as a means of redirecting that aggression. Feudal knights who would not be inheriting their family properties eagerly enlisted in the Crusades as a way to win wealth or status. The idea of the pilgrimage was a powerful one, and the Crusades were basically armed pilgrimages to the Holy Land. The various Crusades ultimately failed. The sack of Constantinople was a fitting denouement to the whole concept. The interaction with the East brought to Europe not only Arabic translations of Greek texts, but also original Arabic and Iranian scientific and philosophical works.
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The first war in recorded history took place in Mesopotamia in c. 2700 BCE between Sumer and Elam
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A West African ruler converts to Islam.
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- The post classical era marked expansion of civilizations and development of trade. International trade developed even beyond Silk Road expanding to Europe, Africa, Asia.
- Islam started spreading based on the revelation of prophet Muhammad in the Arabian Peninsula. Islam had a reflection of Jews, Christians and Zoroastrians.
- Islam started spreading widely in Africa, Europe and Asia due to invasions, expansions, merchants and trade activities.
- Africa was the first continent to be converted to Islam. Almost one third of the Muslims are in this continent.
