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much information lost in antiquity was kept by the Arabs, the crusades gave Christian Europe access to this data.
The crusades had positive effects on Eastern Europe. For instance, it lead to the conquering of the provinces known as the crusader states that provided a new form of trade income.
each crusade was lead by a different person
the crusades had a major impact on Europeans. goods began to flow more steadily between Europe and the muslin lands. this trade benefited European kings. who taxed the goods that crossed their border. kings also took over land from nobles who left to fight in the crusades. as a result. feudalism gradually withered. and Europe's kingdoms through stronger and larger. many of them later became modern Europe's nation-states.
The Crusades showed the growing strength of midieval Europe by conquering the Levant of the much powerful Seljuq Empire. It also showed the growing strength as Europeans as they became more involved in the world as Venice controlling trade in the Levant, between Europe and Asia. Genoa grew as a long time power as it dominated trade in Western Mediterranean. A growth in economy in states in Spain such as Catile and Aragon ended Moorish Spain and showed their might with massacres of Muslims and Jews. The Crusades saw unity in their states as they could topple Byzantines, Prussians, Jews and Muslims. A growth in trade lead to an increase of power and money that allowed them to conquer Cyprus, Crete, Thessalonki and Mediterranean Islamic pirates of Adriatic Sea. It showed society and European countries fill the power hole of the waning Byzantine Empire.