My question to you is how does this make you feel about how easy history can repeat itself?
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Crusades
There is a comparison that can be made between the Christian crusades of the 1100-1200's and the Iraq and Afghanistan war that is still currently going on in the middle east. The Seljuk Turk's who were Muslim attacked the Byzantine empire who where Christian people, and took over their land. The pope of the time decided to organize the crusades to go in and take the city back over so that the Christian people could still take there pilgrimages to the city of Jerusalem every year. The crusade to take back the Christian land failed which did not settle well. The comparison to the war that is going on in the middle east today is the exact same story line except the Christian said is winning. The reason i say Christian side is because the United States is founded on Christian beliefs since England was the base model foundation of our country. The reason its the same time line of events that happened during the 1100's and now is that The US was attacked by Muslim terrorist. Then the US decides to go into the middle east to basically take over so that the Muslim people can have their country back with a new reform of the government from corruption. This just shows how history can repeat itself if people are not careful.
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I made this comparison myself the other day in class about the Crusades and the war in the Middle East. History repeats itself all the time and I think it is so scary. Shouldn't have as learned our lessons the first time and fix the problems? A prime example of history repeating itself is WWI and WWII. While it did not include the same countries or issues, I feel as if we should have figured out after the First World War that it ended in many casualties and figure out another solution to the problems. How accurate history repeats itself is very frightening, more people need to realize this and change the cycle of history.
ReplyDeletei am glad that someone else made that connection also, and it is kind of scary how they follow almost the same time line of events. I also agree that WW1 and WW2 are very similar wars with the same outcome as well.
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