The later Crusades were attempts to stop the Ottoman Empire from conquering Europe from the south and east, but they all failed, until they we're finally stopped at the gates of Vienna, Austria, in 1683. After that, the Muslims were slowly pushed back to the Balkans and Turkey, and Hungary and Greece were Christian lands, again.
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Greece was one of the longest-running western vassal states of the Ottomans (and their allies, the Egyptians), only freeing themselves in 1821. Then they didn't have to pay the Christian tax and give their sons to the Muslims, to fight wars of conquest against other Christians, anymore.
But, I'm assuming you knew that.
Yes i know all of that.
Funny angle to see the crussades. I mentioned the fact tha Byzantines occupied that land because someone somewhere told that the land had not been occupied by christians except the crussaders. It was not only the crussaders, it was also the Byzantines. And there was not such hate between christians and muslims. Then the land had been occupied by shia arab muslims and christians could visit the land without problems. So far eastern christians and shia muslims were kind of ok. That changed with the sunni Turk muslims. And then with the first crussade, barbaric scums from western europe gathered for looting of the eastern richer lands. They caused looting problems in Hungary and balkan Byzantine territories, so the emperor sent them hastily to asia minor where they again looted especially christisns, torturing also some of them, not muslims usually. Their goal was to plunder. The same with all the crussades. Especially the fourth. They went to Constantinople just for the plunder. The proof of the plunder is still all around the West.
The funny thing about turkish presence in Greece, is that the emperor called them the first time they came, for help against his own peoole thst rebelled...
And this is how the crussaders are known in eastern lands by christians and muslims alike. As barbaric dirty western scums.
My ancestors were never dhimmis.
Interesting. Soon I am going to the East and will ask my Eastern friends about it.
People tend to work and say things in the interest of their group or personal benefit, but I will tell you my friend, that in the end only love matters and I have received a huuuge amount of love from both my Christan and Muslim brothers in the East❤️. Those that were killing for profit in medieval times (regardless of the side), or are killing now, are all wrong. Only a violence in order to defend the innocent is justified and thats what I wanted to say in my previous note:)
Have a nice trip to the east and stay safe.
Tell us the results of the "investigation on the field".
In fact tell us also about the views of the recent events
