Big difference...
1. They were, and still are, completely different religions
2. the main cause of the whole Crusade was the clash between the 2 religions.
3. Simple as this: in those times, the Christians despised the Muslims and vice versa.
The Crusades started because the Muslims had taken control of the city of Jerusalem, the birthplace of Christianity (and also the early home of the prophet Mohammed). They raged on for 200 years.
Christianity and Islam
muslims and jews
The crusades were between Christians from Europe and Islamic forces from the Middle East, with the Jewish people in getting attacked by both sides.
Fundamentally the Papacy.
The different between global and regional religions is simple. Global religions are found all around the world and regional religions are found in very isolated parts of the world.
The Crusades were clashes of the Christian and Muslim religions and they weren't really important because it was just a war between two beliefs (mind you, a BIG war).
The Crusades were clashes of the Christian and Muslim religions and they weren't really important because it was just a war between two beliefs (mind you, a BIG war).
Christianity and Islam
muslims and jews
The crusades were between Christians from Europe and Islamic forces from the Middle East, with the Jewish people in getting attacked by both sides.
different religions
The Crusades were holy wars fought between Christians in Europe and Muslims in the Middle East between 1095 and 1291.
both were battles between Muslims and christian kingdoms in Spain
Most of the crusades we think of were wars with Christians on one side and Muslims on the other, so the answer would be Christianity and Islam. There were other crusades, however, with other religious intent. The Albigensian Crusade was one of several against Christian heretics. The Hussite Crusade was against protestants (Catholic vs. Protestant). There were crusades against pagans (Christian vs. pagan), and there were crusades against Mongol hordes (Christian vs. Mongol). There was even one crusade, the Aragonese Crusade, which was really a war between the Pope and the King of Aragon over possession of land.
"Christian" is not a culture, but a religion that embraces numerous very distinct cultures. As a result there are no unifying similarities or differences between "Christian lands" and "Non-Christian lands".
This question makes no sense. If you intend to ask, "Who controlled Jerusalem during the Crusades?" the answer would be Moslems for the majority of the time with a Christian interlude between the First and Second Crusades.
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