Map of major battles of the Islamic conquests between the 7th and the 9th century https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14212/islamic-conquests-in-the-7th-9th-centuries/

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   HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 30-Mar-2024 17:23:32 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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   @isotope239

   #religion #history #Christianity #Islam #Crusades #RomanEmpire #crusader

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   ...expansionism of islam and the conquest of the #HolyLand, which had belonged to the #Roman and then its heir, the #ByzantineEmpire, by invading #Arab forces, expanding throughout the #Mediterranean and beyond.

   So, the crusader picture does not really support your story.

   What you are saying would be true for large parts of #LatinAmerica, though.

   Apart from that, using religion...