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In what way did the Christian crusades contribute to the decline of the byzantine empire?

- financing the crusades provide to be an impossible burden for the Byzantine treasury

- Latin Crusaders turned against the Byzantines leading to the loss of much territory

- The Byzantine Empire lost many of its leading knights when they left to fight in the crusade

- nations that were not joining the crusades attacked byzantine when it was occupied in the east

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The Byzantine empire lost many of its leading nights as they went to fight the crusades which led to Constantinople being defenseless

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The Byzantine empire lost many of its leading nights as they went to fight the crusades which led to Constantinople being defenseless
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