No. It was part of the Byzantine empire.
The crusaders were the christian scums.
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It doesn’t really matter who had it first. Christians have gone to war against other Christians as well. The point is that violence is common across all religions.
All are welcome in the ⭕️…where we regularly “pencil whip” each other with memes, quips and bad poetry but otherwise refrain from violence…🤔with the rare exception of when nostr:npub1ghcetnluhryhynhuyj8s2pazldjm27wl40nu6dfeskvpv09twcnsneygat or nostr:npub1ng8zqsa04gzk5y4ch0nh43xrrpwqu27ydvf24s2cdzg5gv3upc7qycqjc0 get crossways with the WoN and specifically the Council o Vulvas…iykyk😳🫡🫂⭕️ 
Are we forgetting that the rabidly-atheistic communists killed the most people, ever? And that, in record time.
Gottlosigkeit macht Frieden.
Only later were the crusaders scum.
No. Have a look https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Constantinople There are christian scums just like there are muslim scums. There are christians that are good people and muslims that are good people. That's it...
