The Entire History of the Crusades

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#crusades #history #documentary CHECK OUT OUR MAP STORE HERE: https://www.redbubble.com/people/MapStory/shop WATCH THIS AND ALL OUR VIDEOS OVER ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ONNqWZ8qsl6DIyIp0uR8s?si=a444627f2aa343d7 WATCH THIS AND ALL OUR VIDEOS COMPLETELY AD-FREE OVER ON OUR SUBSTACK: https://thisishistory.substack.com/?r=2zq5ao&utm_campaign=pub-share-checklist The Crusades emerged from a fractured Mediterranean world in the mid-11th century: a divided, feudal Catholic Europe loosely unified under the Pope, a weakening Byzantine Empire ruling from Constantinople, and a fractured Islamic world split between rival caliphates. Into this landscape came the Seljuk Turks, who conquered Persia and Baghdad, then crushed the Byzantines at Manzikert (1071), seizing Jerusalem and much of Anatolia. Facing collapse, Emperor Alexios I appealed to the Catholic West for help. Pope Urban II saw an opportunity to assert Catholic authority (following the 1054 Great Schism) and, at the

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