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pilgrimages.  At the request of the Byzantine Emperor, who wished for a

pilgrimages.  At the request of the Byzantine Emperor, who wished for a

mercenary force to aid his reconquest of his lands, in 1095 [[Pope Urban II]]

mercenary force to aid his reconquest of his lands, in 1095 [[Pope Urban II]]

called for feudal [[knights]] to retake the [[Holy Land]] from the [[Seljuk

called for feudal [[knights]] to retake the [[Holy Land]] from the [[Seljuk Turks]].  The Seljuk Turks seemed almost invincible as fighters, having

Turks]].  The Seljuk Turks seemed almost invincible as fighters, having

conquered [[Asia Minor]] and even beating the once-mighty [[Byzantine Empire]] (due to treachery).

conquered [[Asia Minor]] and even beating the once-mighty [[Byzantine Empire]] (due to treachery).

The Seljuk Turks ruled from the 1000s to the 1200s, and did particularly well under one particular ruler, [[Malik Shah]], who died in 1092.  But some [[Muslims]]

The Seljuk Turks ruled from the 1000s to the 1200s, and did particularly well under one particular ruler, [[Malik Shah]], who died in 1092.  But some [[Muslims]]

The Byzantine emperor, [[Alexius Comnenus]], had inherited an empire that had

The Byzantine emperor, [[Alexius Comnenus]], had inherited an empire that had

been decimated by Seljuk and Patzinak Turks and he asked the pope for mercenary

been decimated by Seljuk and Patzinak Turks and he asked the pope for mercenary

help to defeat the Muslims.  He promised a reunion of the [[Eastern Orthodox

help to defeat the Muslims.  He promised a reunion of the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] and the [[Catholic Church]] and to give Byzantine lands (“[[fiefs]]”)

Church]] and the [[Catholic Church]] and to give Byzantine lands (“[[fiefs]]”)

to victorious knights from the [[feudal]] west.

to victorious knights from the [[feudal]] west.