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The sack of constantinople in the 4th crusade
Not much random people from all over Europe joined the crusades but Venetians did sack Constantinople in the 4th crusade.
It was left to ruin after the 4th crusade. The turks destroyed the rubble that was left and built over it. Although recently there was a highly critical excavation that was done that revelead caverns a labyrinth of the ancient palaces foundations. But the turks closed it up and they say it too unstable to excavate.
The Byzantine Empire did not recover from the fall of Constantinople to the Turks because the Turks were a strong local power which captured all of the remaining byzantine territory. Whereas the 4th Crusaders were few in number after they divided up the empire and they only captured part of the Byzantine Empire, the remainder of the Empire split into independent Byzantine powers, one of which the Empire of Nicaea eventually recaptured Constantinople and restored the Byzantine Empire.
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It did not do much. In those days there was little interest in the classics (the Greeks and the Romans). This started nearly two centuries later with the Italian Renaissance (rebirth of interest in the classics). The fourth crusade was the siege and sack of Constantinople. There was no interest in Greek and Roman learning.
They went to Venice...
They went to Venice...
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.