History A-Level
Byzantine security and the appeal for Western aid
What Byzantine security and the appeal for Western aid means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Threats facing the Byzantine Empire from Seljuk Turkish expansion prompted Emperor Alexius I Comnenus to appeal to Pope Urban II for military help.
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