April 1204★★★★★
Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople
Crusaders capture and sack Constantinople, establishing the Latin Empire and permanently weakening Byzantium.
WarReligion· Turkey
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Great Zimbabwe flourishes
Great Zimbabwe, a city of mortarless stone enclosures, was the centre of a powerful state that prospered from cattle and the gold trade with the Swahili coast.
CultureEconomy· Zimbabwe