WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -However, a sequence of economic and political events culminated in the Crusader army’s 1202 siege of Zara and the 1204 sack of Constantinople, the capital of the Greek Christian-controlled Byzantine Empire, rather than Egypt as originally planned. This led to the partitioning of the Byzantine Empire by the Crusaders.

Detailed explanation-2: -After the Crusaders attacked the northeastern corner of the city and then set a destructive fire, the citizens of Constantinople turned against Alexius III, who then fled. The Byzantine prince was elevated to the throne as Alexius IV along with his blind father, Isaac II.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the years 1203 and 1204, the Fourth Crusade was diverted from its intended destination of Egypt, first to the Christian city of Zara and then to the Byzantine capital of Constantinople. At both stops, the Crusaders killed fellow Christians and looted the cities.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Fourth Crusade and the Fall of the Byzantine Empire The capture of Constantinople on April 13, 1204, in the Fourth Crusade was one of the epochal events of medieval history. The siege of Constantinople and the looting and burning of the city only deepened the intolerance between the Eastern and Western Christians.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Fourth Crusade-a war called by the papacy that began as a military pilgrimage to Jerusalem to recapture the city for Christians and God-ended in disaster for the Christian city of Constantinople while the city of Jerusalem remained untouched by the crusading host.