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Because the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and his Kingdom were being attacked by Muslim Turks who had taken large swaths of Byzantine land. Emperor Alexios was hoping western knights could help him retake his lands, which could only happen by command of Pope Urban II, therefore he needed to ask the Pope for assistance.
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Who was the byzantine empire that pleaded to the pope for help?
alexios I komnenos
What role did the Christian church play in the byzantine empire?
The Byzantines were the buffer between the West and the East. During the Middle Ages, when the Arabs conquered the Holy Land -- it was the Byzantine Emperor who asked Pope Urban II for help. Urban II started the Crusades in response.
Who was the first crusade between?
At the request of the Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus, Pope Urban II called for knights from western Europe to come and help the Byzantines drive the Seljuk Turks out of Palestine.
What mountain range is between the Holy Roman Empire and the Byzantine empire?
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What does the above passage indicate about religion in the Byzantine Empire?
The passage does not provide any information about religion in the Byzantine Empire.
What did Byzantine Emperor Alexis I ask Pope Urban to do?
The Byzantine Emperor (Alexius) asked Pope Urban for Christian knights to help him fight the Muslims Turks.
Who was the byzantine empire that pleaded to the pope for help?
alexios I komnenos
When did the Byzantine emperor ask Pope Urban for knights to fight the Muslim Turks?
The Byzantine Emperor (Alexius) asked Pope Urban for Christian knights to help him fight the Muslims Turks.
Why did emperor Alexius Comnenus ask pope Urban ll for help?
Pope Urban II granted the Byzantine emperor help against the Seljuk Turks in order to liberate churches of God in eastern regions. Pope Urban II passed away before receiving news of the fall of Jerusalem.
What role did the Christian church play in the byzantine empire?
The Byzantines were the buffer between the West and the East. During the Middle Ages, when the Arabs conquered the Holy Land -- it was the Byzantine Emperor who asked Pope Urban II for help. Urban II started the Crusades in response.
Who asked Pope Urban II to help him?
Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos (1081-1118) asked him for help against Muslim Turks.
What prompted the cresades?
The first crusade was started when the Turks began to invade parts of the Byzantine empire, and the emperor of Byzantine, Alexius I, asked Pope Urban II in March of 1095 to send an army to help. The pope told all the men in Europe that if they went to the Middle East and drove the Turks back, that God would forgive all their sins and they would go to heaven no matter what.
Did the Seljuk Turks appeal to the pope for help?
Hardly, it was the Byzantine Church who appealed to the pope for help.
What started the first crusade?
the first crusade was started by the Turkish Muslims invading the holy land. then the Byzantine empire called pope urban to help. he accepted the request and joined together a big army with more then a thousand people including knights, nobles and soldiers.
Why did the Byzantine Emperor ask the pope for help?
to get protection by muslims
Why did Belisariusaurs help the byzantine empire?
sexy
Who was the first crusade between?
At the request of the Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus, Pope Urban II called for knights from western Europe to come and help the Byzantines drive the Seljuk Turks out of Palestine.
