 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kusvikira kupambwa kunoparadza kweConstantinople muna 1204 pamaoko euto rechina revaCrusader, Byzantium yaionekwa nevakawanda muEurope sechiedza chokupedzisira chenzanga nemhaka yenhaka yayo yakagarwa nhaka yeRoma uye kupfuurira kwetsika dzakaoma kunzwisisa. Saka muzana remakore rechi10 nerechi11, kunyange nyika dzakanga dzisingawirirani neUmambo hweByzantium dzakatevedzera manyorerwo eByzantium ndokutsvaka vemifananidzo vechiGiriki kuti vagadzire mifananidzo yechitendero. Somuenzaniso, Mambo weNorman Roger II weSicily akanga achishora zvakasimba Byzantium, asi akapinza mhizha dzechiGiriki kugadzira mifananidzo yeCefalù Cathedral. Nenzira yakafanana, mifananidzo yakare zvikurusa yakapukunyuka muSt. Marks Basilica muVenice zvimwe yakasikwa navanyori vakanga vabva muConstantinople pakati pezana ramakore rechi 11 uye vakashandawo paTorcello Cathedral. 