Posted: Mar 10, 2020 11:59 am
Even if we accept your implied definitions of "east" as Islamic forces and "west" as Christian ones, your question is meaningless. During the crusades there was little difference between them on the social level. Both sides were equally brutal, barbaric and lacking in compassion towards their own subjects as well as those of their opponents. You simple cannot compare medieval "east" and "west" with contemporary "east" and "west".
Today's battle between east and west has already begun on the economic level and could well be decided on the military level within a few decades, but the "east" will not be an Islamic force. It will be China, and it will very likely win. Historians, if there are any left in the future, will see the "west" - defined in terms of capitalist democracies - as a brief blip on the timeline of human civilisations.
Today's battle between east and west has already begun on the economic level and could well be decided on the military level within a few decades, but the "east" will not be an Islamic force. It will be China, and it will very likely win. Historians, if there are any left in the future, will see the "west" - defined in terms of capitalist democracies - as a brief blip on the timeline of human civilisations.