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The Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople, painted by Eugène Delacroix in 1840.Image: Eugène Delacroix · Public domainworld · Middle East
Crusaders storm Constantinople
The Fourth Crusade had set out to attack Egypt, but debts to Venice and a quarrel over the Byzantine throne led it instead to the walls of Constantinople, the greatest Christian city of the day. On 12 April 1204 the crusaders forced their way in from the harbour. Over the next three days they looted the city, carrying off treasures that still fill churches and museums in the West, and set up a Latin empire. The sack deepened the split between Catholic and Orthodox Christians. The date is by the Julian calendar.
Source: World History Encyclopedia: 1204, the sack of Constantinople ↗
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