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Why are the crusades sometimes called "successful failures"?

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The crusades were considered a failure because
the christians did not gain Jerusalem back so the muslims still owned the land.
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I would say it was considered a success because new discoveries were made, pope's powers increased, and Christianity was spread farther; it was a failure because they lost the Crusades.  
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