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The Fourth Crusade (1202-1204) was a Western European military campaign originally intended to recapture Jerusalem from Muslim control that instead resulted in the sack of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. This dramatic diversion, driven by Venetian commercial interests and internal Christian politics, weakened the Byzantine Empire significantly and established the Latin Empire, fundamentally altering the political and religious landscape of the eastern Mediterranean for centuries.
What If the Fourth Crusade Never Sacked Constantinople?
Exploring how European and Byzantine history would have unfolded if the Fourth Crusade had not been diverted to Constantinople in 1204, avoiding the catastrophic sack of the Byzantine capital.