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To: Antoninus

And they got paid back by the crusade that sacked Constantinople at the urging of the Venetians. This probably took 100 years off the life of the Eastern Empire.


98 posted on 11/08/2005 10:21:07 AM PST by nuke rocketeer
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To: nuke rocketeer
And they got paid back by the crusade that sacked Constantinople at the urging of the Venetians. This probably took 100 years off the life of the Eastern Empire.

Indeed. Actually, it probably is what sealed the fate of Byzantium. Had they been able to hold out another 100 years, the Turks might never have defeated them.
100 posted on 11/08/2005 11:16:08 AM PST by Antoninus (The greatest gifts parents can give their children are siblings.)
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