Sack Of Constantinople During The 4th Crusade

The Byzantine people must have suffered from numerous attacks resulting in their vulnerability and ultimately the immense loss of territory such as Anatolia (Doc 9.) This map illustrates the new empires that arose on once Byzantine land. The map shows the division of land between the invaders such as the Kingdoms of Bulgaria, the Kingdoms of Servia and Wallachian States, towards the end of the Crusades. The flow chart of the decline of Byzantium reveals the empire fell to many causes, one being external conflicts. The threat from Seljuk Turks grew, as were those of other civilizations wanting land or recognizing Byzantines weakness. The Seljuk Turks cut off trading routes between Constantinople and Asian provinces in order to establish a weak Capital to take over. The flow chart illustrates the empires internal environment crumbling due to constant external attack. Eventually other empires recognized Byzantines weakness and the fourth crusade sacks Constantinople weakening forces, allowing the Turks to finally take Constantinople in 1453 (doc 10.) The flowchart was created to show how each decision and action led to the

The Byzantine Empire’s decline was caused by economic failure, an unstable political system, as well as threat of invasion from outside forces. The empire began to fail after it had been around for several centuries and started to weaken. Much like in the Roman Empire, the fall of the Byzantine Empire was caused by a combination of external invasion and internal decline.

Three of the world’s most powerful religions had gone to war during the Crusades, the same war that is responsible for an estimated 1.7 million deaths. The Crusades were a series of Christian military expeditions that lasted through nine Holy Wars. The first crusade, in 1095, was called upon by Pope Urban II in an attempt to stop the Muslim expansion to the Holy City of Jerusalem. Through this, the Christian, Catholic, and Muslim churches will go into a time of warfare as an attempt to both show their religious superiority and have a religious expansion. The western side of Europe was the most significantly impacted by the Crusades because of the 4th Crusade, the foreign influence from the East, and Europe’s economic relations with the world.

The 3rd Crusade, also known as the King’s Crusade, began in the year of 1189 and ended in 1192. This crusade is considered as one of the most successful crusades. The aim of the 3rd Crusade was to recapture Jerusalem, commonly regarded as the Holy Land, from the Muslims. Saladin, the ruler of the Muslims, was the sole enemy in this military campaign.

It started in April 1204, The crusaders and Venetians stormed constantinople and sacked the city for its valuable items that were later sold in Europe. It also stated that from the destruction of Constantinople the city was never rebuilt. Since this was the fourth crusade, their goal was to reunite the Greek and Latin churches, but the cause of their destruction split the two cultures

With the new invention of Greek fire, the Byzantines had a relatively easy time winning the wars. These two failed sieges stopped the expansion of the Arab Empire for more than 30 years. However, if the Arabs won, it could have started a chain reaction causing the Byzantine Empire to dissolve and jump-start the Arab expansion into England 700 years early.

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After the fall of Rome, the Eastern Roman Empire survived and eventually became known as the Byzantine Empire. As a center of trade, it lasted for over 1,000 years. The Byzantines’ government made laws to keep its citizens safe and in order. Furthermore, several documents revealed that the imperial government of the Byzantine Empire was involved financially in the private and religious lives of its citizens.

The fourth Crusade was one of the most astonishing turn of events during the Middle Ages. Each Crusade was called for one purpose, to reconquer the Holy Land from the Muslims. With that in mind, the fourth Crusade was disaster, not only failing to get anywhere near Jerusalem but then to attack and conquer two Christian cities, which had been unprecedented to this time. When discussing these points in history, it is important to discuss how such events came to be, and whilst the sacking of Zara and Constantinople are not in question, what is in question is how much of a role did Pope Innocent III did play in the 4th Crusade? Was he the mastermind, or was control of the 4th Crusade taken from him? This

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The Byzantine Empire was the successor of the Roman Empire during the time period of Late Antiquity and the Medieval Ages. The Byzantine Empire was also called Eastern Roman Empire, so this proves that it was a continuation of the Roman Empire, but they were speaking Greek, and did not forget about the Greek tradition. According to Browning, the physicians during the Byzantine Empire like Oreibasios, who was “the Emperor Julian’s physician and friend”, use the scientific and old version of Greek medicine to treat patients, and this means that medical doctors did not forget about their Greek roots. Starting from Basil I, a Byzantine Emperor between 867 and 886, the Byzantine Empire entered its Golden Age, and according to Browning, Basil I established a very good Empire time that would last two centuries with his precious energy and rules. After decades, this Golden Age began to give place to decline because, according to Browning, within the eleventh century, the attitudes and the thoughts that were primitive, spoilt, and lack of imagination of the future of the Empire began to become strong among the aristocratic society, and this began to harm Byzantine’s economic and military power. This kind of harm to the centralized government of the Byzantine Empire did not show itself as a poisonous snake till 1060 because the Empire could not function itself as usual. Therefore, the enemies of the Byzantine Empire took an advantage of this weakness. Hungarians took Belgrade

The fall of Constantinople in 1453 was one of the most influential events in history and marked the end of the Byzantine Empire. The main effect of the fall of Constantinople in 1453 was the downfall of the Byzantine Empire and the rise of the Ottoman Empire. The city was mainly populated by Christians and now has become an Islamic city. The capture of Constantinople stated the end of the Roman Empire, which lasted for about one thousand five hundred years. The invasion of the city of Constantinople and the end of the Byzantine Empire marked the end of the Middle Ages.

Under the first emperor, Heraclius, the new empire struggled to keep its territory. Persia was conquering land rapidly, taking the empire’s territories in Syria and Palestine, along with Jerusalem. It took until 627 for Heraclius to gain a victory, recapturing Jerusalem from the Persians. It was not long, however, before Islam had sparked a desire for expansion in the Arabs. They quickly conquered Jerusalem, the entire Persian Empire, and headed to claim North Africa. In 677, the Arabs attempted to take Constantinople, the city along the port Byzantium was named for. Unlike Heraclius, the emperor during the second attempt on Constantinople had a better strategy, known as the “Greek Fire”. Leo III was able to not only defeat the Arabs at Constantinople, but also reclaim almost all of the Asia Minor, which was known as the Imperial Heartland for nearly three hundred years.

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