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Originally posted by Gedamara
Let's not please . Arabs invaded Byzantium in 634 ( more than 400 years before the Crusades) , capturedDamascus in 635 , Jerusalem in 638( The Holy City of Christianity and Judaism) then Spain in 711 , atacked France , plundered and terrorized southern Italy for decades , atacked and sacked Neaples and even Rome where the sacked the holy Basilica's and desecrated the tombs of St Paul and Peter . They atacked Constantinople many times , and plundered and terrorized Byzantium for centuries .
Then the Crusades happened . They were horrible but put it in context next time
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None of that was done by Arabs, eastern Europe was attacked by the Seljuk Turks who came form western Asia, and Spain was attacked by the Moors who came from North Africa.
Muslim ≠ Arab
