94. Q. What does our author say was their ultimate object? A. The capture of Constantinople and the abolition of the Byzantine empire.
95. Q. What was the result of the second crusade? A. It was wholly inglorious, being relieved by no heroic deeds whatever.
96. Q. What took place in Syria during 1187? A. The Christian authority was overthrown in Syria, and Jerusalem was captured by Saladin, the sultan of Egypt.
97. Q. What occurred to Constantinople during the fourth crusade, in the year 1204? A. After a siege of five months it fell into the hands of the crusaders.
98. Q. When and by whom was Constantinople recovered? A. In 1261, under the leadership of Michael Palœologus.
99. Q. When was Constantinople again attacked by the Turks? A. In 1453, under the famous Mohammed II.
100. Q. What was the result of the final decisive engagement? A. The city fell before overwhelming numbers, and passed under Turkish rule.
