Sunday, November 14, 2010

Crusades

Me: Pope Urban II (PUII), if I am correct you are the one who sent the the Crusades?
PUII: Yes, that would be me.
Me: When you sent out the Crusades, what were you hoping to achieve.
PUII: Well I was hoping to gain control of the Holy Land from the Muslims. But what I was most pleased with was that the Crusades brought back "Knowledge".
Me: Define "Knowledge"
PUII: The Crusades brought back knowledge of the political' and economical culture of the Holy Land in the east. This helped spark our economy into becoming much more active and involved after a relative dry span.
Me: Well I'm happy to see that there was plenty of success involved with the Crusades,

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