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Fourth Crusade
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Origins and Initial Financing
The appeal for the Fourth Crusade was first preached by Pope Innocent III in 1198, initially targeting the Ayyubid Sultanate in Egypt, deemed the strongest Islamic power in the region. The primary contingent of crusaders arrived from France and the German territories.
Financial arrangements proved immediately problematic. Unlike earlier [crusades](/ent…