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To: Alex Murphy
I would suggest watching this:
Why the Fourth Crusade Attacked Constantinople
28 posted on 08/16/2013 1:10:25 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: Steve Van Doorn

Nice video. Leaves out the whole bit about the attack on Zara, which was a key phase in the turning of the Crusade away from the East.

What people tend to forget is how poverty-stricken, by modern standards, Europe was at the time. Getting an army of tens of thousands to the other end of the Med in a condition to fight and win was an astonishingly difficult and expensive endeavor at the time. It is quite amazing that the Crusades were as successful as they were.


34 posted on 08/16/2013 1:37:14 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: Steve Van Doorn

More than a bump .. I urge myself to read this with deliberation


36 posted on 08/16/2013 1:40:55 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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