Lootlizard t1_iubidl3 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 1:34 AM

Reply to What did Egyptians think of other races and their surrounding nations? by 3ayzamout

Ya, you can pretty much assume every culture was wildly racist until like 1900. Not 100% accurate but a pretty safe bet.

Lootlizard t1_ireljg0 wrote on October 7, 2022 at 2:00 PM

Reply to Did the first crusade impact significantly the war-making capacity of states like england, west and east francia? And did later crusades impose equal burdens, or was the distribution of this burden different for the 2nd and 3rd crusades? by Qazwereira

Yes, that was the main reason the pope called for the crusade. There were constant tiny wars going on and people were pretty over it. The Pope hoped that by creating a common enemy he could get all the Christian kingdoms to stop killing each other for 5 minutes. If a bunch of the craziest ones died fighting and you got the holy land back then all the better.