<span>False! Aksum stayed Coptic Christian</span>
Silk Roads/Land routes
Sea Lanes
C. Growth of trade with the Middle East.
Because the Crusaders have ruled the Middle East for awhile, they established connections with some of the people groups there. And even though they lost the war, they still brought back valuable inventions and products (not inventions, like food, etc) that helped europeans in many way
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