(Poll created February 20, 2013)
Submitted by editor

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What was the purpose of the Crusades in the Middle Ages?

To make the Turks allow Christians safe access to Jerusalem
To stimulate the economy
To prove that Rome was the one true church, not the Greek Orthodox
To destroy the Byzantine empire
To prove that God is on the side of Christians
To kill the people who killed Jesus
To force the Moors out of the Iberian peninsula (Spain)
To destroy Islam
To inspire future generations
To liberate serfs from slavery by landowners
To teach others "thou shalt not murder"
To keep European armies from fighting each other
To spread the love of Jesus
To push the Arabs out of Palestine
To take the property of those who died in the war
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