SSC
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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Why was the invasion of the Byzantine empire by the Seljuk Turks significant?
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It made the papacy less powerful.
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It prompted the first of the Crusades.
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It led to peace between Alexius I and Pope Urban II.
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It gave Alexius I control over the entire Middle East.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Crusades While the Arab threat to the Byzantine Empire would decline, they were replaced by a new threat: the Turkic forces. In 1071, the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Turkic Empire met in the Battle of Manzikert. The Byzantine army was decisively crushed, the emperor was captured, and the empire fell into chaos.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why was the invasion of the Byzantine empire by the Seljuk Turks in the 1050s significant? It led to the Byzantine emperor’s call for help from Pope Urban and thus to the Crusades. How did the Crusades accelerate change in Europe?
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