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Topic	Which European nation has fallen hardest from grace?
UnholyMudcrab 02/16/18 4:01:39 AM #29:	Sativa_Rose posted... UnholyMudcrab posted... Sativa_Rose posted... Greece, but Greece has had a lot of problems going back a long time. I blame the Ottomans. Started even before then. Enrico fucking Dandolo and the rest of his stupid Catholic posse can stick their fancy hats up their asses and "crusade" their way back to Venice with their heads on spikes where they belong 1204 worst year of my life I'm too noob to know this shit yet, gotta get my history level up Here's the basic rundown: -Pope calls the Fourth Crusade to retake Jerusalem -Venice funds the crusade and nearly drives itself to bankruptcy -Crusaders get themselves involved in the time-honored Byzantine tradition of deposing emperors because the prince made them a (probably false) offer to bail them out financially -Crusaders siege the city to install the new emperor, but both he and the crusaders' financial backer die -Crusaders burn down half the city, take its valuables, and destroy a bunch of stuff, then establish the Latin Empire in its place, to feebly crawl around and moan for the sweet release of death for the next sixty years. The Byzantine Empire would never recover its strength. The Fourth Crusade was a giant shitshow from top to bottom, and definitely one of the low points of medieval history. --- http://i.imgur.com/VeNBg.gif http://i.imgur.com/gd5jC8q.gif http://i.imgur.com/PKIy7.gif http://i.imgur.com/3p29JqP.gif <cite>UnholyMudcrab posted [p:896183147] in Which Euro... [t:76324496]...</cite> <quote><cite>Sativa_Rose posted...</cite> <quote><cite>UnholyMudcrab posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Sativa_Rose posted...</cite> <quote>Greece, but Greece has had a lot of problems going back a long time. I blame the Ottomans.</quote> Started even before then. Enrico fucking Dandolo and the rest of his stupid Catholic posse can stick their fancy hats up their asses and "crusade" their way back to Venice with their heads on spikes where they belong 1204 worst year of my life</quote> I'm too noob to know this shit yet, gotta get my history level up</quote> Here's the basic rundown: -Pope calls the Fourth Crusade to retake Jerusalem -Venice funds the crusade and nearly drives itself to bankruptcy -Crusaders get themselves involved in the time-honored Byzantine tradition of deposing emperors because the prince made them a (probably false) offer to bail them out financially -Crusaders siege the city to install the new emperor, but both he and the crusaders' financial backer die -Crusaders burn down half the city, take its valuables, and destroy a bunch of stuff, then establish the Latin Empire in its place, to feebly crawl around and moan for the sweet release of death for the next sixty years. The Byzantine Empire would never recover its strength. The Fourth Crusade was a giant shitshow from top to bottom, and definitely one of the low points of medieval history. --- http://i.imgur.com/VeNBg.gif http://i.imgur.com/gd5jC8q.gif http://i.imgur.com/PKIy7.gif http://i.imgur.com/3p29JqP.gif</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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