HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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Peloponnesian Wars
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The Holy Wars of 1096
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Crusades
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Christian Muslim War
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Detailed explanation-1: -A series of holy wars from 1096-1270 AD undertaken by European Christians to free the Holy Land from Muslim rule.
Detailed explanation-2: -The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious wars, or Crusades, initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The objective was the recovery of the Holy Land from Islamic rule.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Crusades also negatively impacted the Muslim-Christian relations-widened the gap, and led to the mutual hatred and hostility. In addition, Christianity also got fractured into two factions: Greek and Latin.
Detailed explanation-4: -They were wars fought by western European Christians against Muslim control of Jerusalem and the Holy Land of Palestine.
Detailed explanation-5: -Spanning most of the High Middle Ages (1050-1300 CE), a series of military expeditions called the Crusades was launched from Christian Europe against the peoples of the Near East. Sparked by a zeal to rid the Holy Lands of “infidels"-meaning Moslems primarily-only the First Crusade achieved any real or lasting success.