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The Destruction Of Constantinople After The Fourth Crusade

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After the Fourth Crusade ended, Constantinople was left in chaos. The city never regained its status as the most powerful and wealthiest city in Asia Minor until six decades later when the Ottoman Empire took conquered the city during the Ottoman Conquests. Art, treasures, and relics that were a thousand year old were taken out of the city as a victory price within three days. The greed of Venice and the gullibility of the Crusaders created the destruction of the strongest city that had existed for over a millennia.The Fourth Crusade was manipulated from the beginning, resulting in the conquest of Constantinople, instead of Egypt and Jerusalem. Despite serving under a Christian flag, the Crusaders defiled the city of Constantinople without

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