1. Effects of The Crusades

2. Effect 1 Christians lose control of the Holy Land. Why was the Holy Land important?

3. EFFECT 2 Trade Increases between Europe and Middle East People from both sides like the unique goods and products that become available and continue to trade even after The Crusades. Christians and Muslims learn to cooperate. What role does trade play in societies?

4. Effect 3 New Ideas and Inventions are spread from Middle East to Europe Europe suffered a loss of knowledge, culture, and education for centuries after the Fall of the Roman Empire. Contact with Muslim culture re- introduced ideas about science, math, learning and culture to Europe. This is an example of CULTURAL DIFFUSION. Muslim civilization, prior to the Crusades, was experiencing a Golden Age. What is a Golden Age?

5. Effect 4 The Pope and the Catholic Church lose prestige and credibility. The Pope is considered by Catholics to be the head of the Catholic Church and God’s direct representative on Earth. The Popes ordered and supported each of the Crusades over 200 years and they were all unsuccessful. People begin to doubt in the Pope actually “speaks” for God. How do you think would take over the power and status that the Popes lose?

6. Effect 5 Feudalism is weakened. As Europeans experience different cultures and ways of life while on Crusade, they return to Europe and question WHY the do not have more freedoms. What is feudalism?