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The crusaders swept through the l;and of Byzantium slaughtering Christians as well as Muslims, civilians as well as soldiers.
Throughout Italy’s history, its northeast regions have linked the country to the exotic outside world of Byzantium and the Orient through Venice and its Repubblica Serena, and to the Alpine countries north of the Dolomites, while the plains of Emilia-Romagna from Ravenna to Parma provided an anchor to the heartland of the Po valley.
When he saw that earlier settlers had built a town on the eastern shore of the Bosphorus, he decided they must have been blind themselves to overlook the advantages of an easily defensible point across the water, and founded Byzantium there, on the site now occupied by Topkapı Palace.
After Byzantium fell to the Crusaders, Crete was given to their leader, Boniface of Montferrat, who immediately sold it to Venice for 1,000 silver marks, ushering in a new era.
Capital transferred to Byzantium (Constantinople).