Say for example I was a soldier in the First Crusade and have decided to make a life for myself in Jerusalem. For almost 90 years the kingdom was held by Christians which means 3 generations of people could have been born in the area. Does my Western Culture start to dominate or is this still very much a 'Middle Eastern' place to be? Is there an influx of migrants from the West during these 90 years or is it just soldiers/pilgrims? And do they/their descendants decide to stay when the city falls back into Muslim hands? If I'm born in the city, do I have any idea what life would have been like back in the West and do I yearn for it?
I've got a bunch of past answers about this very subject! Some useful ones might be:
What was life like as a European living in a crusader state?
Did Crusader states make attempts at colonizing the area with European settlers?
How did a Crusader State and regular European Fiefdom differ?
Was there ever a distinct Outremer Culture in the Kingdom of Jerusalem and other Crusader States?
Did any creole languages exist in crusader states?
And of course, a reading list: