This meant riches for the merchants, colonizers, Europeans, and nobles who
could not only tax those from other places, but bring in new and valuable
products to Europe. Thus trade was improved greatly between Europe and the
East and the Kingdom of Jerusalem brought much of the Middle East and even
China into a commercial relationship with Europe in which the Kingdom of
Jerusalem and the European kingdoms also benefited.
The Kingdom of Jerusalem thus can be seen as having an economy based
largely on trade but with agriculture and tribute also playing important
roles. It is also significant as an economy run by Europeans, as a Latin
and Christian Kingdom, in an area that was predominantly Muslim. This
meant that while Christian and European feudal customs moved to the area,
it became important as an area that opened up trade from the Middle East
and Asia to Europe. This early opening of trade was important for Europe
and the Kingdom of Jerusalem and contributed to making trade highly
significant and making the Kingdom highly urban. Furthermore, it has been
understood that the Kingdom of Jerusalem, "established as a result of the
First Crusade," was one of the "first attempts made by Europeans at
colonization" (Br?hier). This means that the economy of the Kingdom of
Jerusalem was largely one that would become, in the future, to be known
under terms of colonization as the Europeans took over the land...
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