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Do you think that without religion the crusades would have never happened?

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Do you think that without religion the crusades would have never happened?
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RE: Do you think that without religion the crusades would have never happened?
June 20, 2009 at 5:19 pm
Religion was only used as a pretext for the Crusades, the main reason was economical, the Europeans wanted to occupy the Levant because then they could control the commerce in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Do you think that without religion the crusades would have never happened?

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RE: Do you think that without religion the crusades would have never happened? - by Overmars - June 20, 2009 at 5:19 pm

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