<Tab/>The Fourth Crusade started on November 10, 1202 by the wealthy merchants of Venice through April 11, 1204 when Constantinople was destroyed. The main cause of The Fourth Crusade was due to religious fanaticism. The Fourth Crusade was also significant to history because it had economic and religious effects on the world. The crusade increased commerce between the East and West. Mercantilism resulted with the trade between Syria and Europe. Though the Fourth Crusade …
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…their religion. <Tab/> <Tab/> <Tab/> <Tab/> <Tab/> BIBLIOGRAPHY Biel, Timothy Levi. The Crusaders. San Diego, California. Lucent Books. 1195 <Tab/> Collier's Encyclopedia, Volume 6. New York. P.F. Cokkier & Son Corporation. 1957 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fourth_crusade.htm http://crusades.boisestate.edu/4th/13.htm http://www.geocities.com/area51/1567/effects.html