The Crusades were very negative because there was lots of death, and lots of problems. Document 7 states, “To make matters worse, the crusading knights often abused and committed atrocities against Eastern Orthodox Christians, Jews, and Muslims in areas through which they passed.” This is important because it tells the readers that the knights often fought, and abused other people. Document 6 states, “...the knights agreed to …show more content…
Which was one of the reasons why the Crusades happened. Because people wanted something, they did whatever they could to get it. Document 1 states, “The Crusades failed their chief goal: the conquest of the Holy Land.” That is important because it said that they had failed at what they were trying to do which made them mad. And they continued their goal. Document 7 states that, “The havoc the zealous crusaders brought on the local populations, especially the Jewish communities, made them hated by all groups throughout the region.” That is important because what the Crusaders did, made them hated by all of the groups in the region. They did very bad things which made them unliked throughout a lot of places. Therefore, the 4th Crusade was very negative for these reasons. It was very bad for the people and the victims of the wars.
Because the 4th Crusade was so bad, it caused many problems for the people of Jerusalem. The 4th Crusade was very negative. It was so, for a lot of reasons. It was a very tragic time. Some people might have thought of this time as positive, but there might not have been anything positive in these articles to some people. The only things that was mentioned that was positive, was that went the traders went to trade, they brought back new material, and better food. That was about the only positive thing that was mentioned. For these reasons, the 4th Crusade was a very tragic