What Can the Crusades Tell Us About the Changing Face

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Essay

What can the crusades tell us about the changing face of Europe during the high middle ages? What were the consequences,both good and bad,of the crusades?

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Definitions:

Dissolved Gas

Gases that are incorporated into magma and can expand, leading to explosive volcanic eruptions as pressure decreases.

Rhyolite

A mostly fine-grained, felsic igneous rock, generally of volcanic origin; can contain glass, volcanic ash, pieces of pumice, and variable amounts of visible crystals (phenocrysts).

Thermal Energy

The internal energy present in a system due to the random movements of its molecules or atoms.

Conduction

The process by which heat or electricity is directly transmitted through a substance when there is a difference of temperature or of electrical potential.