Assignment task:
Western Europe benefitted from the Crusades (holy wars) in all of the following ways EXCEPT which of the following? a. They mitigated bloodshed in Europe which established greater peace and allowed communities to flourish b. The Crusades brought Europeans into greater contact with Eurasian trade routes which was financially beneficial c. They allowed women to serve in combat thus giving rise to greater gender equality upon their return from war d. Contact with Muslim scholarship meant a greater transfer of Eastern learning (e.g. medicine and astronomy) into Western Europe