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Topic	"Constantinople falls to Ottoman Empire" Wtf? Anyone else see this?
bladegash 12/09/21 9:00:43 PM #35:	Crazyman93 posted... That was a given once the Crusade hit them instead of walking all the way to Jerusalem. I'm just saying the city was too well located to abandon. Eh, the crusaders hit them first in 1203 to install Alexios as emperor, they actually wanted them on their side for payment. It wasnt until Alexios was assassinated and they had trouble reaching egypt and jerusalem to begin with that they decided to have a total sack of the city for payment for their failed crusade, to which they were excommunicated for by Pope Innocent. The Byzantine empire was still considered christian after all, and religion was politics back then. --- Snappin necks & Cashin checks <cite>bladegash posted [p:960773567] in "Cons... [t:79802702]...</cite> <quote>Crazyman93 posted... </cite> <quote>That was a given once the Crusade hit them instead of walking all the way to Jerusalem. I'm just saying the city was too well located to abandon.</quote> Eh, the crusaders hit them first in 1203 to install Alexios as emperor, they actually wanted them on their side for payment. It wasnt until Alexios was assassinated and they had trouble reaching egypt and jerusalem to begin with that they decided to have a total sack of the city for payment for their failed crusade, to which they were excommunicated for by Pope Innocent. The Byzantine empire was still considered christian after all, and religion was politics back then. --- Snappin necks & Cashin checks</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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