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Why were the Crusades called "History's Most Successful Failure"

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The returning Crusaders introduced fabrics, spices and perfumes from the Middle East to a larger market because Europeans had a taste for luxury goods that merchants brought from the Byzantine empire. ... The Crusades failed in their chief goal -the conquest of the Holy Land.
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