State two reasons why the Crusades were
significant to the future of Europe?

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

The two reasons why the Crusades were significant to the future of Europe were the following.

1) Many of the people that participated in the Crusades sold their property to churches or their families. Some families invested in these lands and produced goods that later were an important component of the trade with the Middle East and Asian nations.

2) The Christian presence in the Middle East lands. Religious orders such as the Dominicans and the Franciscans extended its presence in the Middle East region to evangelize people in the Christian religion. Many times these orders traveled with Italian merchants to Asian lands.

i confess that there are several parts of this constitution which i do not at present approve, but i am not sure i shall never approve them: for having lived long, i have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which i once thought right, but found to be otherwise. it is therefore that the older i grow, the more apt i am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others.

demand is the need and oportunity to buy a given good or service.