"not like the brazen giant of greek fame, with conquering limbs astride from land to land, here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand, a mighty women with a torch, whose flame." what does this paragraph mean in your own words?

although the crusades failed to capture jerusalem, they had several major impacts on western europe. they increased the authority of the king: sometimes nobles died in battle without leaving an heir in which case the king got their land. kings passed taxes to pay for the crusades.

it provided for equal trade rights among nations in china.