The crusade started when two major religions christians and muslims in Eastern europe fought to defend and attack the holy land.The effects of the crusade where more negative than positive.This is because countless numbers of people were slaughtered by both parties.
The crusades had a negative point where religions got smaller. Document 6 states that The 4th crusade was a wasteful and destructive event that resulted only in further dividing the christian world.(4th crusade) This is important because the christian world was a strong force and was very powerful but after the fourth crusade it only went down. In document 7 it states “Despite all the effort maintaining the crusader kingdom was difficult” and then “To begin their numbers were small.”.This is interesting because the crusading army was very small but they still made havoc so they were hated by many religions. In conclusion i think that the size of how the religion was is a main reason the crusade were negative. Another main reason the crusades were negative was because all of the destruction caused by the crusaders. Document 1 states that “In Europe, crusaders sometimes turned their fury against Jews, massacring entire…show more content… This is important because Constantinople would never get those relics back and many buildings were demolished,Including the Library. In conclusion the demolition of the crusades was a very negative part about the crusades.The crusades had a more negative affect than positive because all that happened in the crusades was many cities sacked and destroyed. Also the crusades many people died for no reason, for example the jews were never in the crusade but many were killed and their cities destroyed. So in conclusion the crusades had an more negative affect than positive
