Alexios I Komnenos

located beside the Golden Horn in the western north of Constantinople as well as being adjacent to the city walls. Therefore, it is more protected than the Great Palace. During the First Crusade the Emperor of Byzantine between 1081 - 1118 Alexios I Komnenos received the commanders in this palace and he also added many buildings and enlarge the palace in order to fit the amount of the guest. Blakhernai Palace divided into a few parts; church, prison and palace itself, and one of them is the Anemas

The First Crusade. Justification of Muslims. The First Crusade is the first out of a few crusades that took place in High Middle Ages. The Byzantine Empire asked Pope Urban Ⅱ for help to defend itself against the Turks. Instead of a defensive army Christian Pope sent a conquering one which consisted of well-trained knights as well as of common people. Their goal was to conquer the Holy Land from Muslims and return all the Turkish land to the Byzantine Empire. Which party was justified in its

I see you Mocking me in the howling wind Underneath the glistening night skies I hear you Whispers that echo through the foliage I sense you In the cloudy fog Rolling down uncharted mountains I know you Lurking around every corner Down every road I take Shimmering waves crash on the sun like sand Adventure The Islamic prophet Muhammad founded Islam in the Arabian Peninsula. The resulting unified polity in the 7th and 8th centuries led to a rapid expansion of Arab power and influence to the northwest

that point he Byzantine Emperor, Alexios I Komnenos started to panic because he did not want to lose his Empire. Alexios I Komnenos then decided to ask Pope Urban II for Christian knights to help him fight the Seljuk Turks in 1094. Even though the Byzantine Empire and the Catholic kingdom were longtime rivals, Pope Urban II agreed to help out the Byzantine Empire. Pope Urban II announced it in 1095 during his

“Why Byzantine economy remained one of the most powerful in Europe through Early Middle Ages?” The Byzantine cconomy was one of the largest systems throughout Europe and the Mediterannean for many centuries. Both local and international trade were of huge importance for the Byzantine Empire. Lower class, including traders, depended on the upper class. Their need of the foreign goods in order to stay in Local trade was much less popular. Throughout the fourth and sixth centuries, long-distance trade

between the Christians of present day Europe and the Seljuq Turks and Arabs, who were all Muslim. These wars began in the late eleventh century and continued until the end of the thirteenth century. Around the year 1095, the Byzantine Emperor, Alexios I Komnenos, asked the pope for aid against the Muslims, who had taken much of Asia Minor in their conquests for land. Urban II, who was the pope at the time, gave a very famous speech at the Council of Clermont in 1095 encouraging all Christians to go

In 1094 or 1096, Alexios I Komnenos, The Byzantine emperor, formally asked Pope Urban II to address a large crowd at the council of Clermont to persuade them to assist the Greeks in the recovery of Palestine from the Muslims. Although the act that occurred at Clermont was not recorded, five men who heard and was present at Clermont recorded their versions of the speech. With these five versions of this speech being the only link in history to Pope Urban II’s speech, each version showing a sense of

The Crusades were multiple wars fought between the Muslims and European Christians. The wars happened because they were competing over the control of the Holy Land. The Crusades were fought for many reasons such as pilgrimage, land and for glory. The most important cause was to visit the holy land, which was highly encouraged by the Church. The Pope made speeches calling for Crusades, which played a critical role in encouraging people to join the crusade, for the fear of the spread of Islam, protection

Church of the Holy Sepulchre is also known as the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre and the Church of the Resurrection (Orthodox Christians). Originally identified as being outside the settlement of Calvary, it is located in the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel and is considered one of the holiest sites in the world, as well as being a central destination for Christian pilgrims. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre was originally built by the Roman Emperor Constantine (272-337) in 330 CE upon the site of

Manzikert. The Turks eventually defeated the Byzantines and occupied the sparsely populated areas of Anatolia. In 1077, their power further expanded and took control of Jerusalem. In view of the growing threat of the Turks, Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos requested military aid from Pope Urban II against the Turks and drive them out of the Byzantine territory. In November 1095, Pope Urban II called for the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont in southern France. He called on Western Christians