The crusades happened because the Muslims invaded the Balkans, Spain, and Sicily

the crusades happened because the Muslims invaded the Balkans, Spain, and Sicily.

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>Muslims invade Spain in the 8th century
>300 years later some guy says 'hey maybe we should have a crusade about that or something'

it takes a while to organize resistance

>KARA BOĞA black gods conquered Spain in eight years
>it took pathetic wh*Teoids centuries to put together an army to 'fight' back

The crusades happenned because the Seljuks started taxing pilgrims to the holy sites in Jerusalem. One guy complains instead of paying and here we are now.

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someone post the crusader wojak

the ottomans were all over Europe fuck off

Just like the Holocaust, the Crusades and the Reconquista were self defense situations

precisely

That's what the pope wanted people to think.

>my protestant ass is on FIRE!!!!

>the Ottomans were all over Europe in the 11th century

The crusades happened for political and economic reasons, just like every other major event in human history.

This, also it was the only way to make mercenaries fuck off where they wouldn't annoy European nobility. Remember that in the 11th century, Norman mercs were wrecking Italy, France and England. Also the "help for the Eastern Romans" story doesn't add up, relations were strained since 1054, Manzikert happened in 1071 and Komnenos' letter was sent in 1095.

nothing wrong with ones starting a war.

>conquer Syria because your religious leader told you to
>conquer Egypt because your religious leader told you to
>conquer Mesopotamia because your religious leader told you to
>conquer Persia because your religious leader told you to
>conquer North Africa because your religious leader told you to
>conquer Spain because your religious leader told you to
>conquer Sicily because your religious leader told you to
>conquer Armenia because your religious leader told you to
>conquer Anatolia because your religious leader told you to

>some Franks conquer a few cities in Palestine because their religious leader told you to
>"OY VEY HOW CAN THEY DO THIS TRULY THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE EVIL HEART OF THE WHITE MAN APOLOGIZE FOR THIS IMMEDIATELY"

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Normans liberated southern Italy from Muslim rule
It was what kicked off the crusades
Me thinks your a morrocan living in Spain

whitoids are just weak and insecure, and they rebel to their masters when theres not enough pay and kill each other while arabs strive for the greater goal of expanding islam

Anyone who unironically belives """religious""" wars aren't just a meme pushed by the upper class for regional control and ressources is a brainlet

then why didn't the christians help visigoths in 711? it's not like anyone gave a fuck

>All muslims are brainlets

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really makes you think

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t. Selim the hashish dealer

Normans were mercenaries who took Sicily for themselves and destroyed Eastern Roman power in Italy. They even made Muslims administrators. The Emperor of Constantinople would never let that shit fly.

Byzantine empire was weak from their wars with Iran
Im pretty sure the Normans kicked them out of Sicily and put them somewhere in Apulia where they were then expelled in the 12th century

Brainlet

Muslims wouldn't gain a foothold in the Balkans till the ottomans.
They were invading Anatolia till then

Not really, most of them were excuses to gain land and killed other christians (see Albigensian Crusade or Fourth Crusade). The only good crusade was the first one and it was to protect pilgrims, nothing to do with Spain.

>takes 300 years of innocent Christian pilgrims getting murdered by arabs for christianity to fight back
>honourable enough to only take Israel after BTFO of muslims despite being able to fuck their shit up even more
why are Christians so nice?