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i mean the crusades were:
fought along ethnic lines (Arab Muslim vs. European Christian)
one of the involved parties was not native to the region, without any kind of real historical claim to the land (they adopted a book written based off of alleged events there as their religion, but never lived there)
normal standards of warfare (such as they were) were abandoned in the conflict. Crusaders consumed human meat, executed captives, etc. without any of the (inconsistent) standards they might apply to fellow europeans.
the primary goal was to extract wealth and land. European noble families were running out of land to distribute between their children, and the Arabs had a lot of valuables to loot as well.
it seems as much imperialism as the Mongols or the Romans at least. if its not imperialism, what is it? sparkling ethnic conflict?
Literally all those points aren't true or varied in truth over the 300+ year history of the conflict in the Levant.
do you have reading suggestions or what
like i know i said a bunch of stuff unsourced but i took a college class on history and thats the gist of what they covered, i would seriously like to have better reading material
have you read the Very Short Introduction?
never heard of it, no
very short. i don't think it really treats with imperial theory but it should remove you of some misconceptions