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The Forgotten Glory of the Byzantine EmpireAwake!—2001 | October 8
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The year 1204 saw further disaster for the empire. On April 12, armies of the Fourth Crusade en route to Jerusalem committed what historian Sir Steven Runciman called “the greatest crime in history”—the sacking of Constantinople. Burning, pillaging, and raping in the name of Christ, the crusaders destroyed the city and took their plunder to Venice, Paris, Turin, and other Western centers.
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The Forgotten Glory of the Byzantine EmpireAwake!—2001 | October 8
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1204 Armies of the Fourth Crusade sack Constantinople
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The Forgotten Glory of the Byzantine EmpireAwake!—2001 | October 8
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Before the Ottoman conquest of 1453, only once did attackers succeed in conquering the city—namely, “Christians” of the Fourth Crusade. “Not since the world was made was there ever seen or won so great a treasure,” exclaimed the crusader Robert of Clari.
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