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Previous to the Crusades, Western Europe was basically a mess, economically and politically. Manorialism was the primary economic system. When the Crusaders traveled to the Byzantine Empire to fight the Ottoman Turks in the 1200s, Eastern Europe had not yet fallen. The Crusaders saw magnificent palaces, riches, and the overall wealth of the Turks and the Byzantine Empire. This provided more incentive for them to become less of a fail, essentially. In addition, the Crusaders brought back home exotic good from the Middle East - silks, spices, etc - and the demand for these commodities in Western Europe was very high. This led to increased trade between the Middle East/Asia and Western Europe via Italy. The Italian Peninsula grew rich through trade, and for the first time in centuries, they started to invest more of their time sponsering art, literature, etc. than in trying to stay alive. These changes slowly swept the rest of Europe as well, leading to the Renaissance.

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