They hoped to establish trade with China, Japan, and the Indies without having to go throught middlemen in west Asia and the Middle East. The motive of conquering, plundering, and exploiting the lands that these expeditions discovered arose only after they were discovered, that is, after the expeditions and not before then.
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the middle east was a large aria to control but the most common answer to who imperialised the middle east is Germany throughout ww2 The only two countries that occupied lands in the middle east are England and France
The largest city in the Middle East is Istanbul, Turkey. Wicked common mistake, Istanbul geographically is part of Europe, and Tehran is the current largest in the middle east Istanbul Does not belongs to Middle easf it, Turkey is half in Europe and half in Asia. By any mean Tehran is the larget city in Middle east
He is called a citizen of that country. If he is a citizen of Turkey, he is a Turkish citizen. If he is a citizen of Iran, he is an Iranian citizen. If he is a citizen of Yemen, he is a Yemeni citizen. If he is a citizen of Lebanon, he is a Lebanese citizen. Etc. Oftentimes, Middle-Easterners will also identify by ethnicity and/or by religion in addition to their nationality. For example: Kurdish Turk, Azeri Iranian, Zaydi Shiite Yemeni, and Maronite Christian Lebanese.
The military expeditions into the Middle East are known as "The Crusades." Beginning in 1095 AD with the First Crusade, there was an intermittent 200-year struggle for control of the Holy Land with six more major expeditions and numerous minor ones. The Christian-Muslim fight ended in 1291 when the Muslims captured the Christian fort Acre, Jordan, which was the last Christian stronghold in the Middle East.
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Cyprus. There is no other country in the Middle East with a Christian Majority. However, Lebanon has a 41% Christian minority.
The Crusades were fought between Christian crusaders from European countries and various groups in the Middle East, primarily Muslim armies defending their territories.
1st - israel 2nd - Iran 3rd - Egypt
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Ostensibly, the Crusaders invaded the Middle East to recapture the Holy Land.
Egypt. It's estimated Christian population is 7,892,000, making the country 10% Christian.
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Original purpose was to help protect persecuted Orthodox Christians in the middle east from Moslem armies. Ultimate purpose conquer land and acquire wealth. In the later Crusades the crusaders often just indiscriminately slaughtered muslims, christians, soldiers, and civilians.
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