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In 1200 AD CE Pope Innocent II initiated a call to arms to once again save Jerusalem. What follows is a summary of the surprise events of this crusade:

A. Turnout of fighters for this crusade was less than previous ones;

B. As per tradition the troops met in Venice, the main point of departure for the trip to the East;

C. The Crusaders, however, were short on funds to pay for the expedition;

D. Help of sorts came from the Venetians;

E. Venice at the time was a powerful trading city and hatched a bold idea;

F. The Crusaders were convinced to attack another Christian trading city in Hungary called Zara;

G. The booty from Zara would pay for the Crusaders main mission, Jerusalem;

H. Enraged, the Pope excommunicated the tricky Venetians;

I. Proceeding forward, the Crusaders were then swayed to help out in Constantinople;

J. As the Crusaders failed to be paid for helping out a deposed Byzantine emperor, they sacked Constantinople; and

K. They never made it to the Holy Land.

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