To: broadsword; Antoninus
All I said is that the Crusades were focused on the Turkish (mostly) ruled world of Islam. The Arabs were subjects of the Turks - Mulsims they all were regardless. So that is why I said the Crusades did not keep Europe from speaking Arabic.
32 posted on
03/30/2004 9:31:17 PM PST by
Destro
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To: Destro
All I said is that the Crusades were focused on the Turkish (mostly) ruled world of Islam. The Arabs were subjects of the Turks - Mulsims they all were regardless. So that is why I said the Crusades did not keep Europe from speaking Arabic.
Right. They kept Europe from speaking Arabic and Turkish.
33 posted on
03/31/2004 10:59:14 AM PST by
Antoninus
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