Multiple choice general knowledge history

The initial objective of the Fourth Crusade was to recapture Jerusalem. What did they capture instead?

  1. Constantinople

  2. Cyprus

  3. Sicily

  4. Dalmatia
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The Fourth Crusade (1202-1204) was diverted from its original objective of recapturing Jerusalem. Instead, the Crusaders sacked Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, and established the short-lived Latin Empire. This marked a major betrayal of the Crusading ideal.

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