The Crusaders Against the Turks

Had a successful latin kingdom of egypt been established, then it would have been much easier for jerusalem and the other lands of utremia to survive. A turkish run christian state would not immediately be absorbed by byzantium. But there 's a good chance that greek would have become the language of the state. And once that was in place, there was an obvious path towards reunion with constantinople. So long as the turks bordered the moslem world, i think it unlikely that their leaders would have abandoned islam. Of course if the byzantines remained a powerful empire, then all sorts of possibilities open up. The mong