I’m not sure the crusades were really an invasion. It was more like “you must allow us to worship here occasionally” they actually improved and brought peace to the region for a time for Muslims Jews and Christians. I would say it was a net gain for everyone.
I’ll let others debate the white purity stuff I don’t really care.
In the same way colonization of the New World was preceded by Mongol invasions of Europe…
Was it? I need to read up on that. Mongols were amazing at warfare. Could ride a horse for 10 days straight only stopping to drink the blood of the horse to stay alive.
“Not to mention that they were preceded by Muslim invasions of Europe…”
…er… no… The first Crusade was started to take JERUSALEM from the Muslims, nothing to do with Europe. Jerusalem is in Israel, which is Asia.
The one who had started the first crusade, was the Byzantine Empire, what is today Turkey.
The Byzantine empire, which was the Eastern half of the Roman empire, after the fall of Rome to the Germanics, had requested military aid from Western Europe
For everyday christians, it was way worse than that. A lot of the crusades were politicians trying to get rid of excess mouths to feed.
If you read about the motivations of each crusade and the journey, not the military stuff… its really similar to the shit politicians do today
Race baiting, elites controlling the poor masses, economic shenanigans, border games, political dick measuring, even brainwashing children’s education
Saying it was muslim v christian is overly simplistic
BTW, I don’t know as much about the reverse, i.e. the muslim takeback and the struggle for the common man living under the muslims. I think a lot would be similar, since economic circumstances were equally shit for everyone at the time, and political leaders are a total crapshot
I’m not sure the crusades were really an invasion. It was more like “you must allow us to worship here occasionally” they actually improved and brought peace to the region for a time for Muslims Jews and Christians. I would say it was a net gain for everyone.
I’ll let others debate the white purity stuff I don’t really care.
Not to mention that they were preceded by Muslim invasions of Europe…
In the same way colonization of the New World was preceded by Mongol invasions of Europe…
And both influenced the treatment that those groups – Amerinds are Mongols – received afterwards.
Was it? I need to read up on that. Mongols were amazing at warfare. Could ride a horse for 10 days straight only stopping to drink the blood of the horse to stay alive.
Err… no… Mongols and New World had nothing to do with each other.
New World came 100s of years after the Mongol Invasions. Mongols arrived in Europe in ca 1250
New World came at the time of explorers such as Amerigo Vespucci, Vasco de Gama, Columbus, in ca 1500, from around end of 1400s.
@mayonesa is an interesting guy, but unless I am misunderstanding, he is misinformed on basic facts
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“Not to mention that they were preceded by Muslim invasions of Europe…”
…er… no… The first Crusade was started to take JERUSALEM from the Muslims, nothing to do with Europe. Jerusalem is in Israel, which is Asia.
The one who had started the first crusade, was the Byzantine Empire, what is today Turkey.
The Byzantine empire, which was the Eastern half of the Roman empire, after the fall of Rome to the Germanics, had requested military aid from Western Europe
Here is a brief overview of the first crusade: https://www.worldhistory.org/Crusades/
For everyday christians, it was way worse than that. A lot of the crusades were politicians trying to get rid of excess mouths to feed.
If you read about the motivations of each crusade and the journey, not the military stuff… its really similar to the shit politicians do today
Race baiting, elites controlling the poor masses, economic shenanigans, border games, political dick measuring, even brainwashing children’s education
Saying it was muslim v christian is overly simplistic
BTW, I don’t know as much about the reverse, i.e. the muslim takeback and the struggle for the common man living under the muslims. I think a lot would be similar, since economic circumstances were equally shit for everyone at the time, and political leaders are a total crapshot