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Although thwarted by Byzantine resistance during the rapid expansion of the 7th century, a Muslim nation (the Ottoman Turks) was finally able to capture The Queen of Cities (Constantinople) in 1453.
Muslims conquered all areas of the Byzantine Empire. Under the Rashidun Caliphate, the Byzantine Empire lost the Levant, Egypt, North Africa, and eastern Anatolia. Under the Ottoman Sultanate, the Byzantine Empire lost western Anatolia, the Balkans, and Constantinople.
The Byzantine Empire was Christian.
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.
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.
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.
Alexius I, Byzantine emperor, appealed to Christian Europe for military aid against the Muslim Seljuk Turks, who he was afraid were going to overrun his empire and perhaps even conquer Constantinople.
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Constantinople
The Capital of the Ottoman Empire was originally called Byzantium before being renamed as Constantinople and was renamed by Ottomans as Istanbul. It's says in my history book...: The victorious sultan rode to Hagia Sophia, the city's largest Christian church. There he offered thanks to Allah and gave orders that the church be transformed into a mosque. He decreed that Constantinopole was now a Muslim city, the capital of a Muslim empire, and renamed it Istanbul. The Byzantine Empire was no more. The Ottoman Empire no longer exists, its capital was Istanbul. The capital of modern Turkey is Ankara. Edirne was the third capital city of the Ottoman Empire, before Constantinople
During the Middle Ages, Constantinople was attacked a number of times by both Christian and Muslim armies. It fell to crusaders of the Fourth Crusade in 1203, despite the fact that their doing so meant excommunication from the pope. In 1261, the Byzantine Greeks retook the city and reestablished it as the capital of the Byzantine Empire. It was finally taken by the Ottoman Turks in 1453.