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JiEun and Dong Eun's Project: How trade in the Middle East and Europe developed and what impact it had on Western Europe


 * TRADES DURING THE CRUSADES - Ji Eun & Dong Eun**

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__//**1. What was the most famous among all the exchanged goods? Spices. 2. What were the effects of the crusade? Crusades helped to develop the trading bonds between nations and widen the relationship between the nations. 3. What were the three major ports? Cyprus, Crete, Rhodes.
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**__HOW WERE THE CRUSADES BENEFICIAL?__** Yes, it is true that the crusade has killed numerous people. However, it can be looked from a different point of view and can be considered helpful. The crusades were chances for the Middle East and the West to develop their trading bonds between each other, which made people’s life much more wealthy and convenient. Many goods were needed during the crusades as armies marched throughout the countries. This meant that they needed a supply of goods that would be provided for them alternatively. Since some goods were rare in certain regions, the armies had to travel through different countries. This helped them to widen the relationship between the nations and increase the amount of imports and exports.

__**DEVELOPMENT OF THE CULTURE AND LIFE:**__ Crusades also developed the culture and life of the West. People from different countries and regions met and had exchange of various cultures of different countries. Scholar and military developments had also come along with the trades among the countries. Some villages hosted the traders when they came in and as the traders gathered around one village, that village soon became the center of development of the region. Instead of living separately with different villages, they gathered more around the village that was the center of trades.

<span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="COLOR: rgb(229,36,36)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"> __**WHAT WERE THE MAJOR GOODS THAT WERE EXCHANGED WHILE TRADING?**__ Trade brought many supplies to the West that were once unknown or extremely rare and costly, such as a variety of spices, ivory, jade and diamonds. Glass-manufacturing techniques were also brought in and were improved throughout the period. Another various imported goods were early forms of gunpowder, oranges, apples, and other Asian crops. Since Cyprus and Crete were two major countries for trading, many merchants from different cities such as Venice and Genoa settled in Cyprus and Crete. As they came in, goods such as spices, sugar, cloth and cotton were also brought in. Merchants from Sicily and Aragorn traded for gold, wool and animal skins. Some of the well-known goods that were traded from the Middle East were cotton, sugar, melons, damask cloth, ultramarine dye, and different type of spices. These were popular because these products were rare in the European region.

<span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="COLOR: rgb(229,36,36)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"> Among these goods, spices were especially popular because the diet of the average Europeans was bland and there weren’t enough ingredients for them to vary the taste of foods at that time. By using spices, the Europeans were able to experience the different tastes and got attracted by the unique flavor that the spices gave. Therefore the spices were so valued that it could also be used to buy a coat of arms, to buy land, pay fines and mortgages, or to pay taxes. <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="COLOR: rgb(229,36,36)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">
 * __WHY WERE THE SPICES SO VALUED?__**

<span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="COLOR: rgb(229,36,36)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"> __**WHAT WERE THE WAYS THEY USED TO PAY EACH OTHER?**__ Many ways were used to pay each other but since money was not as developed at that time different products were used to pay loans and get exchanged. For example, spices were exchanged because they had equal or higher value to gold and silver at that time. Other products such as wools were also used for exchanging and paying.

<span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="COLOR: rgb(229,36,36)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"> __**EXTENSION OF TRADES?**__ Trade expanded from England to the Black Sea, and went through the ports of Beirut, Acre and Alexandria. In 1291 when Acre vanished, Cyprus, Rhodes and Crete became the three main crusader trading ports for the Mediterranean islands. <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="COLOR: rgb(229,36,36)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">

<span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="COLOR: rgb(229,36,36)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"> There were some rising forces at that time that wanted to stop the trade. One of the Popes during the period tried to stop merchants from trading with the Muslims. However in 1344, he had failed and therefore abstained the prohibition of the trading. Many nobles also had a threat to their positions because the merchants had a growing power with their money from the exchange of goods. Although many had attempted to stop the trades, trades became one of the major events that happened during the crusades and therefore were unstoppable. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,200); BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(10,112,109)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(215,215,214); BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'">
 * __RISING FORCES AGAINST THE TRADE?__**

__**BIBLIOGRAPHY**__


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