The Crusaders, who were in a great panic after Salahaddin Eyyubi took Jerusalem, could not achieve the success they wanted in the Third Crusade and suffered great losses. A few years passed and Pope III. At the call of Innocent, a new expedition was organized to take Jerusalem from the Muslims. But this time the Crusaders never went to Jerusalem. The route changed, the knights found themselves in Istanbul. Of course, this didn't happen by accident. The commercial rivalry between Venice and Byzantium, the Crusaders' covetousness of Byzantine treasures for economic recovery, and intrigues led to the horrific looting of Istanbul. Historian Niketas recorded how the historical monuments and treasures of the city were destroyed, how people were massacred and how the walls were breached. Now in GZT
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19 фев 2022
