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Crusades 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 …showed first 75 words of 1048 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1048 total…feudal estates. Europeans were influenced by the ideas exchanged among the crusaders form different countries and between the crusaders and the other people 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 was also introduced into Europe in the form of muslin and damask.