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The Crusades

What were the crusades? The Crusades were often referred to as the "Holy Wars". There were nine Crusades in total, with different routes. This is due to the people in the actual wars. Several "Big Names" of the times fought in these wars. There were many causes of the Crusades, such as, religious causes, such as eternal salvation, redemption from past sins, etc. The Crusades were a series of military campaigns during the time of Medieval England against the Muslims of the Middle East. Unlike the wars today, the groups of fighters were in the tens of thousands of people to a group. The trips were treacherous, going thousands of miles to places like the "Holy Land", or Jerusalem. These were some of the bloodiest battles in history. There were multiple Crusades the ravaged across the Middle East, full of looting, killing with several different weapons, and betraying. These battles scream irony, as these religious people are going out and breaking the Sixth Commandment of "Thou Shall Not Kill".

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