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The 4th Crusade was originally created to conquer Jerusalem, which was Muslim-ruled by an invasion through Egypt. Instead, in April of 1204, the crusaders of Western Europe invaded and sacked the Orthodox Christian city of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire. The crusaders established the short lived Latin Empire and other "Latin states" in the Byzantine lands they conquered.
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∙ 9y agoThe 4th Crusade was originally created to conquer Jerusalem, which was Muslim-ruled by an invasion through Egypt. Instead, in April of 1204, the crusaders of Western Europe invaded and sacked the Orthodox Christian city of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire. The crusaders established the short lived Latin Empire and other "Latin states" in the Byzantine lands they conquered.
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What role did Italy play in the crusades?
Not much random people from all over Europe joined the crusades but Venetians did sack Constantinople in the 4th crusade.
What city was attacked by the crusades in the fourth crusades?
Constantinople
What city was attacked by crusades in the fourth crusades?
Constantinople
When the Crusades became who did the Turks threaten?
Constantinople
Which cities did the crusades fougth over?
Constantinople
Which city was crossroad for European crusades?
Constantinople
What city was attacked by crusades in the fourth crusades despite being a Christian city?
Constantinople
What city attacked by crusades in the Fourth Crusaders?
Constantinople
The Crusades began when the Seljuk Turks did what?
The first crusades began when the Seljuk Turks Conquered Constantinople.
What has the author Geoffroi de Villehardouin written?
Geoffroi de Villehardouin has written: 'Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople' 'Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantinople' 'Memoirs of the Crusades' 'La Conquete de Constantinople' -- subject(s): Crusades, Siege, 1203-1204 'Memoirs of the Crusades [by] Villehardouin and De Joinville' -- subject(s): Crusades 'De la conqueste de Constantinoble' -- subject(s): Crusades, History 'La conquote de Constantinople' 'Histoire de la conqu^ete de Constantinople.' -- subject(s): Crusades, History
How many years passed between the beginning of the crusades and the loss of constantinople to the Turks?
Pope Urban II called upon Christendom to go on the Crusades in 1095; Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. You do the math. ^_^
Did the Crusades attack Constantinople?
Yes they did. They managed to conquer Constantinople in 1204 and formed The Latin Empire of Constantinople until 1261 when The Emperor of Nicea reconquered the City for The Byzantine Empire.
