Data
Name: Independent Byzantine Crimea
Type: Polity
Start: 1201 AD
End: 1204 AD
Statistics
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Independent Byzantine Crimea
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In the late 12th century the Crimean peninsula had factually seceded from the Byzantine Empire.
Establishment
Chronology
Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation
1. Crusades
The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the Medieval period. The best known of these military expeditions are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291.
Was a Latin Christian armed expedition called by Pope Innocent III. The stated intent of the expedition was to recapture the Muslim-controlled city of Jerusalem. However, the Western Crusaders sacked Constantinople in 1204 and partitioned the Byzantine Empire.
