History A-Level
Shifting balance of power
What Shifting balance of power means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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The crusade's failure left Outremer vulnerable and faced with a newly emboldened and increasingly unified Muslim opposition, while Nur ad-Din consolidated power.
Topics that use Shifting balance of power
- 1A The Age of the Crusades, c1071–1204 – The foundation of new states and the Second Crusade, c1099–1149 (AQA A-Level)
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