[Ferich]

There were more than five crusades and Thomas Madden only provided an explanation of the fist crusade btw. Let's not forget that things that happened in this time period are only shared through accounts of the soldiers, unaccurate science, historians, or official records. Any of these could easily be biased, so why even place a blame on a war that happened so long ago on anyone?

For more crusades info, this is the best site: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1k.html

Originally Posted by Drew

Not surprising. They want an apology for a series of wars that were caused solely by their own territorial invasions and imperialistic ambitions.

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Europeans did get greedy in the 1st Crusade seeing that they battled in more than Asia Minor. My opinion being based solely on the mainstream explanation of the 1st crusades justifcation being the turks in Asia Minor. Antioch and Jerusalem come to mind, although they were part of the Eastern Roman Empire aka Byzantine Empire at one point. But like I said there's so much information and different stories about the crusades it's ridiculous. So no one can ever be right or wrong.