Which event in 1204 severely weakened the Byzantine Empire?
Sack of Constantinople
Council of Nicaea
Fall of Rome
Great Schism
Answer
The Fourth Crusade's sack of Constantinople in 1204 severely weakened the Byzantine Empire. Crusaders captured and looted the city, dividing the empire's territories into competing Byzantine Greek and Latin realms. Although Constantinople was recovered in 1261, the empire never fully regained its former strength.
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