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The Crusades and Contact with the Islamic World
Study the Crusades as religious military conflicts that also created complex contact, exchange and long-term consequences.
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Conflict and contact
The Crusades were religiously motivated military campaigns, but their historical significance goes beyond battlefield aims. They also created sustained contact between medieval Europe and the Islamic world, with consequences that included conflict, hardship, trade and exchange.