History A-Level
Military decline and frontier defence
What Military decline and frontier defence means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Neglect of the thematic (provincial) army system, which undermined military effectiveness and left the eastern borders undefended after Manzikert.
Topics that use Military decline and frontier defence
- 1A The Age of the Crusades, c1071–1204 – The origins of conflict and the First Crusade, c1071–c1099 (AQA A-Level)
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