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Pope Urban II is most important for sending aid to the Byzantine Empire against the Turks and calling the First Crusade. He also established the groundwork of the Roman Curia which is still in use today.

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It united Europe in a holy Crusade to rescue the Christians in the Holy Land and take back what was stolen by the Muslims.

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