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To: paudio

The crusades did more to destroy the Byzantine Empire than the Turks.


21 posted on 03/11/2006 7:18:31 PM PST by DariusBane (I do not separate people, as do the narrow-minded, into Greeks and barbarians.)
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To: DariusBane
The crusades did more to destroy the Byzantine Empire than the Turks.

They might have. But it's irrelevant to the argument that the Muslims did capture Constantinople, the second Rome. Plus, it's not like the Muslims was never trying to attack the city before it finally fell.

35 posted on 03/12/2006 8:29:31 AM PST by paudio
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To: DariusBane
The crusades did more to destroy the Byzantine Empire than the Turks.

Uh, no.
64 posted on 03/12/2006 10:09:04 PM PST by Antoninus (The only reason you're alive today is because your parents were pro-life.)
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