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oops didn't see the double II.............THANKS FOR THE CORRECTION.WWI...I referred to the beginning Crusade............by the 4th Crusade, which you are referencing the Crusade had grown to killing all who were in their path, including their own....................The why did the Crusaders sack Constantinople when it was under Byzantine rule?This thread is about the CRUSADES..........remember............http:The Battle of Tours (October 732),[27] also called the Battle of Poitiers and in Arabic: معركة بلاط الشهداء (ma'arakat Balâṭ ash-Shuhadâ - Battle of the Palace of Martyrs)[28][29][30] was fought in an area between the cities of Poitiers and Tours, in north-central France, near the village of Moussais-la-Bataille, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northeast of Poitiers. The location of the battle was close to the border between the Frankish realm and then-independent Aquitaine. The battle pitted Frankish and Burgundian[31][32] forces under Austrasian Mayor of the Palace Charles Martel against an army of the Umayyad Caliphate led by 'Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Governor-General of al-Andalus//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tours
The battle of Tours in Central France finally stopped the Muslim Caliphate which had conquered all of Northern Africa, Spain, Sicily, and failed to conquer France and the rest of Europe.
A turning point in the War against RADICAL ISLAM in Medieval times.
There's no real evidence that Tours was anything more than a raiding party.
But do keep on with your paranoia.
There's a big sweaty Arab man hiding under your bed right now.
BACK ON TOPIC.............The MUSLIM CALIPHATE was stopped.........A turning point against the ISLAMIC States trying to dominate the world,
The events leading up to the Crusades were to retake the LANDS taken BY MUSLIMS. EVENTUALLY leading to take back the Jerusalem
The 4th Crusade actually weakened the defenses against the rise of the OTTOMANS............The Crusades were eventually a failure..............they eventually turned against the very reason they started to begin with............To protect Europe and keep Constantinople from falling to the Turks of that day and age.
It's failure, led to Centuries of control by the Turks.................who were not defeated again until WWII.