How significant was the first crusade? What did it accompolish that were positive?

Question

How significant was the first crusade? What did it accompolish that were positive?

Answer 1

the crusade was a religious movement to free the holy land (Jerusalem) from Muslim control. Although it resulted in a series of bloody wars it did have the positive effect of introducing eastern Europeans to the goods of Asia. This caused many European nations to begin the exploration of a fast sea route to India. This in turn resulted in the discovery of north and south America.