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During the Fourth Crusade, what began as a Christian holy war against Egypt turned into a Venetian war of conquest against the ancient Byzantine Empire. The conquest, in turn, began as what amounted to a hostile business takeover; but it would turn into something far more sinister. By the time the fires of the sack of Constantinople had cooled, the Crusaders had achieved a remarkable feat: the seemingly-permanent cleaving of eastern and western Christianity.
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During the Fourth Crusade, what began as a Christian holy war against Egypt turned into a Venetian war of conquest against the ancient Byzantine Empire. The conquest, in turn, began as what amounted to a hostile business takeover; but it would turn into something far more sinister. By the time the fires of the sack of Constantinople had cooled, the Crusaders had achieved a remarkable feat: the seemingly-permanent cleaving of eastern and western Christianity.
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Subscribe on Google Music: https://bit.ly/30hUTRD
Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/38bzOvo
RSS feed: https://bit.ly/2R0Iosz
Relevant History on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3eRhdtk
Relevant History on Facebook: https://bit.ly/2Qk05mm
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DanTolerPodcast
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Official website: https://bit.ly/3btvha4
Music credit: Sergey Cheremisinov - Black Swan

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