Writing prompt: write a compare-and-contrast analysts of how culture shapes the hero’s in heart of a samurai and black ships before Troy. Use transitions words in your draft to help clarify relationships of ideas over (I need 150 words or more)

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.

the western roman empire flourished, but the eastern portion of the empire struggled.