The most important thing I learned about this year was the Crusades. I had never really known much about the crusades before this class and never really knew exactly what they were. I never knew how tremendously they failed either. This had to have been one of the most important thing i learned because it was such a big part in history and so many people have a misconception of them.
The biggest failure of the crusades was the attempt to recapture many cities numerous times. After the end of the first crusade the second crusade started and revolved around capturing the city of Edessa. In my opinion, this is one of the greatest failures of the crusades. There were many more to come.
During the second crusade absolutely nothing was accomplished. Saint Bernard called for the second crusade, and it was led by Louis VII (the king of France), and the German emperor, Conrad III. During the second crusade they tried to recapture the city of Edessa and failed miserably.
Saladin, the Muslim leader tried to recapture the holy city Jerusalem in the third crusade. Frederick I (German emperor), Philip Augustus (king of France), and King Richard the Lion Hearted (from France) led the third crusade in order to recapture the city from Saladin. Not only was the second crusade a failure, so was the third.
The fact that there was more than one crusade shows insignificant value of the crusades. All of the crusades, accept for the first, failed miserably. All this failure only caused more. It also caused unnecessary death.
Not only was this the most important thing that I learned this year, but it was one of the most interesting things I've learned as well. Although the crusades were highly unsuccessful, they were not completely worthless. They were very important in history.
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