>the Crusades were bad meme
>the Islamic golden age meme
>the Crusades were good meme
>The Islamic Golden Age never happened
>>1782498
>Pre Crusade
>Levant majority Christian
>After Crusade
>Levant minority Christian
lel
>>1782498
>the umayyads were good bois who dindu nuffin' meme
>the Dark Ages are a meme-meme
>x is a religion of piece
>>1782567
U mayyad at the truth?
>be a christian of a minority denomination in Lebanon in early 600's
>byzantine overlord call you a heretic and treat you like absolute shit
>muslims come in and invade
>say they'll let you do what you want as long as you pay a tax and I'll get at least some modicum of legal protection
>fife's pretty good considering you were already a poor ass peasant and the old tax collector hated you and made you pay more than most others anyway
>autistic byzaboos on a vietnamese cave painting forum 1300 years later complain about how horribly the Muslims treated you and long for the days of when your life was hell under le glorious enlightened benevolent christian byzantines.
>the crusades were successful at anything other than destroying the byzantine empire meme
>le "meme" meme
>>1782498
>historical events/wars are inherently good/bad meme
> crusades literally destroyed the byzantium
> the only thing that protected europe from muslim invasion
T-t-t-totally a good job, t-t-t-rust me guys!
>>1782637
>autistic byzaboos on a vietnamese cave painting forum 1300 years later
Top kek, thanks anon
>>1782642
>the crusades destroyed the byzantine empire meme
>>1782637
>forgetting the part where your fellow catholics free you from the moslems
7.5/10 otherwise
>the Forth Crusade was bad meme
>>1784007
>Implying I was just talking about Catholics
>Implying the Catholic crusaders didn't treat the other denominations just as badly as the Byzatines did.
>>1784322
>being a monophysite