Original sentence: The Ottoman conquerors treated the Byzantine people much better compared to the Crusaders who had taken Constantinople in 1204.There were some raping and pillaging according to the English historian John Julius Norwich
Edited sentence: As noted by (among others) the English historian John Julius Norwich, the Ottoman invaders raped and pillaged, and “the streets were running with [the] blood” of the vanquished Byzantines.However, the Ottoman conquerors did not treat the Byzantine people as harshly as the Crusaders who had taken Constantinople in 1204 had