The approaching Donald Trump presidency has taken quite a battering from historians. Comparisons have abounded with the 20th century’s greatest villains, including Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, ...
In April 1204, the armies of Western Christendom wrote another bloodstained chapter in the history of holy war. Two years earlier, aflame with religious zeal, the Fourth Crusade set out to free ...
In 1096, tens of thousands of Christians set out from Western Europe to oust Muslim overlords from Jerusalem, 2,000 miles away. By 1099, against almighty odds, the crusaders took the city by slaughter ...
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Why Did the Fourth Crusade Really Happen
Launched by Pope Innocent III to reclaim Jerusalem, the Fourth Crusade instead ended up sacking the Christian city of Constantinople due to debts, Venetian trade‑games and Byzantine intrigue. Donald ...
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Hidden Ruins of Byzantine Constantinople
This video explores the rise, decline, and transformation of Constantinople, from its splendor as the Byzantine capital to its rebirth as Ottoman Istanbul. It highlights the city’s grand monuments, ...
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