Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Nokudzorerwa kwehurumende yepakati yakasimba, umambo hwakava hwakapfuma zvisingatauriki. Vagari vemo vakanga vachiwedzera (kufungidzira kweConstantinople muzana remakore rechi12 kunosiyana-siyana kubva pa100 000 kusvika ku500 000), uye mataundi nemaguta muumambo hwose akanga achibudirira. Panguva imwe cheteyo, uwandu hwemari yaishandiswa hwakawedzera zvikuru. Izvi zvakaratidzwa muConstantinople nokuvakwa kweimba youmambo yeBlachernae, kugadzirwa kwemabasa matsva akaisvonaka ounyanzvi, uye kubudirira kwose panguva ino: kuwedzera kwezvokutengeserana, kwakaitwa kunobvira nokukura kwamaguta-marudzi eItaly, kungave kwakabetsera kukura kwezvemari. Zvirokwazvo kuti vaVenetian navamwe vakanga vari vatengesi vanoshingaira muConstantinople, vachiwana chokurarama nacho kubva mukutakura zvinhu pakati poUmambo hweVapanduki veOuterremer neMadokero, nepo vachitengeserana zvikuru neByzantium neEgipita. VaVenetian vaiva nefekitari kuchamhembe kweGolden Horn, uye vanhu vakawanda vokumadokero vakanga vari muguta racho muzana remakore rechi12. Nechokumugumo kwokutonga kwaManuel I Komnenos, nhamba yevatorwa muguta yakasvika vanhu vanenge 60 000 kusvika ku80 000 pavanhu vanenge 400 000. Muna 1171, Constantinople yaivawo nenzanga duku yevaJudha 2.500. Muna 1182, vagari vakawanda vokuLatin (kuWestern Europe) vokuConstantinople vakaurayiwa
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