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What Was The Black Death And Its Impact On European Society

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The Crusades was a series of religious wars between the Christians and the Muslims for the control of the Holy Land. The Byzantine emperor requested help from Pope Urban II for assistance against a group of Muslims called the Seljuk Turks (291). Pope Urban II saw this as a chance to regain control of Jerusalem. At the advice of Popes, Christian soldiers went on Crusades to free the Holy Land of Muslim power. The Crusades contributed to the economic growth of the Italian ports in Genoa, Pisa, and Venice (296).
3) What was the Black Death, and what was it impact on European Society? The Black Death was a devastating catastrophe that struck Asia, North Africa, and Europe (300). There were many different types of the plague, however, the

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