In the Middle Ages, Christians considered Palestine the Holy Land because it was where Jesus had lived and taught. The Arabs had conquered Palestine in the 600s. Most Arabs were Muslims, but they usually tolerated other religions. Jews and Christians who paid their taxes and observed other regulations were free to live in Palestine and practice their own religion. The Arab rulers didn’t usually interfere with Christian pilgrims visiting Palestine, and European traders could …showed first 75 words of 1069 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1069 total…they met. Commercial changes also occurred. Italian cities benefited from their role in transporting crusading armies. Europeans discovered products from the middle East- rice, sugar, lemons, apricots, and melons, among other things;which stimulated trade in such goods. Cotton cloth and other such raw materual were also introduced through Europe after the crusades. So in short the crusades may have been a war of relgion that caused many problems it also brought about many solutions.