How did the crusades strengthen contacts between Western Europe and the Middle East

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Elle Cordova

Social Studies

7 September, 23:16

How did the crusades strengthen contacts between Western Europe and the Middle East

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The main way that the Crusades increased European interest in trade was by exposing them to more goods than they had previously known about trading for. When the Crusaders spent time in the Middle East, they found that the Arabs and other Muslims had been trading with places farther east.