Which of these best describes an important action taken by the mughal emperor aurangzeb? a) his conversion to buddhism resulting in an era of peace in his empire b) allowing his empire to become militarily weak because of his preoccupation with art c) his lack of religious toleration caused widespread dissatisfaction with the majority of the population d) his insistence on spending most of his empire’s budget to build the taj mahal bankrupted the treasury

east-west schism. the greatest effect of the east-west schism was the creation of two separate churches that had previously been unified under one church, the eastern orthodox church and the roman catholic church.

the crusades are one of the most significant events in the history of europe and the middle east.   they were a series of religious wars carried out by christian crusaders from europe during the timeframe of the middle ages.   beginning in 1095 ce, the crusades saw european knights and noblemen travel to the middle east in an attempt to capture the holy land away from muslim people that had controlled the region for the previous centuries.   the term crusade means ‘cross’.   therefore, the europeans that became crusaders viewed themselves as ‘taking up the cross’.   in fact, many of the crusaders wore crosses on their clothing and armor as they made their pilgrimage to the holy land.

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