Sack of Constantinople
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title:
Sack of Constantinople
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The sack of Constantinople occurred in April 1204 and marked the culmination of the Fourth Crusade. Crusaders sacked and destroyed most of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire. After the capture of the city, the Latin Empire was established and Baldwin of Flanders crowned as Emperor Baldwin I of Constantinople in Hagia Sophia. After the city's sacking, most of the Byzantine Empire's territories were divided up among the Crusaders. Byzantine aristocrats also established a number of
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1204 conquest during the Fourth Crusade
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Constantinople
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2008-11-27T18:08:48Z
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2024-09-06T16:12:08Z
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