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Were the crusades caused primarily by religious devotion or by the desire for political and
economic gain?
Crusades were a religious conflict that occurred between Muslims and Christians in
many of the Middle East countries. It was used as a participant's opportunity to market their
goods and acquire more wealth. In Turks and Arab countries, Christians would be persecuted,
killed, and their properties destroyed or stone by some crusaders. From 1095 to 1291, the crusade
was caused by religious devolutions rather than by political gain (Richard, 1999). Christian
would practice self-righteousness and also offer assistance to others was in need. Therefore, this
paper will focus on how crusades were for religious devotion, but it occurred due to a desire for
political and economic gain.
Pope Urban II urged Christians from the Middle East to protect their fellow Christians from
Turks and Arabs attack. The pope informed them that their sin would be forgiven in their die
when defending Christianity Urban developed a spirit of forgiveness to those devoted with
single-hearted devotion. Many individuals were anointed to facilitate the service of God in
various countries all over the world (Richard,1999). This led to the formation of crusaders who
were members of Christ, from different origin, different nationality, and spoke different
languages but were all united through their love of Christ.
During the crusader's mission of spreading Christianity in Middle East countries, they
discovered trade opportunities. Crusaders would find a direct route between eastern
Mediterranean ports and the heart of Europe (Richard, 1999). This port of entry for goods
imported from the Middle East thus facilitating the development of trade.

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