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Constantinople – glorious capital of the Byzantine empire!
A visit to Istanbul – once called Constantinople and capital of the Byzantine Empire
Read MoreVenice and the destruction of Constantinople
One of the worst atrocities committed in the name of religion must surely be the sacking of Constantinople by Christian crusaders in the year 1204. This was a shameful episode in the history of Venice. It saw crusaders in the…
Read MoreConstantinople – at the time of the Crusades
The sack of Constantinople by crusaders during the Fourth Crusade in 1204 was a battle of Christian against Christian
Read MoreA very ancient map of Jerusalem
What a history Jerusalem has experienced. At the time of Christ, it was ruled by the Roman Empire and continued to be governed from Rome and then Constantinople until the year 637CE when Jerusalem surrendered to Arab, Muslim armies. At…
Read MoreThe destruction of Constantinople by the crusaders – the year 1204
A Christian city destroyed by Christian crusaders – such was the fate of Constantinople. It had resisted waves of invaders from Bulgars to Russians and the Muslim emirates. But it was brought to its knees by people it should have…
Read MoreHow did the Crusades start?
In the year 1095, Pope Urban II addressed a huge crowd at the town of Clermont in France and urged them to do something new and very exciting – to march east and fight the forces of Islam. Something terrible…
Read MoreA Pope calls for a Crusade against Islam
The year was 1095. In the east, the Greek speaking Byzantine empire – inheritors of what had been left of the eastern Roman empire – had experienced a huge loss of territory to the Seljuk Turks. These nomads had swept…
Read MoreDid the Templars acquire the head of Baphomet during the Siege of Constantinople?
Did the Templars find the head of Baphomet in Constantinople and if they did, what exactly is Baphomet?
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