Why did all of the Crusades fail after the first one?
lost the mandate of heaven
>>18406136God choose muslims
Not enough Normans
Disunity between the Crusaders and the Byzantines Disunity between the Crusaders themselvesDifficult logistics
>>18406136I don't know if anyone has ever argued this before but the Northern Crusades probably turned the attention away of potential Crusaders from the Middle East. Prince Edward had very few men when he went on his Crusade against the Mamluks.
>>18406136The first crusaders just got lucky, every subsequent one after didn't have the same luck.
>>18406136first there are more than 9 crusades yes I know crazy am I right secondly try to find the last crusade fucking retarded nigger faggot
>>18406148>God choose muslimsThis is unironically what a lot of Christians said whenever they got dominated by Muslims
>>18406136Long ass supply lines vs hometurf advantage, soldiers enlisted for temporary campaigns instead of long term thinking, disease>>18406413That's from 8th century after Muslims popped off like crazy (even led to iconoclast debate in Byzantium). No one was thinking like that by the time 1095 rolled around.
>>18406136Lack of unity, competing interests, growing disinterest from Europe since the very 1st Crusade, overstretched supply lines, growth in competence from Muslims as time went on, Saladin, destabilization of the Byzantines, etc. It just goes on and on.
