History A-Level
East-West relations and the schism
What East-West relations and the schism means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of East-West relations and the schism
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The diversion to Constantinople in 1204 deepened the East-West schism and weakened the Byzantine Empire, which later fell to the Ottomans.
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