10 Questions
The battle of Manzikert was on the 26th of August ______.
1071
The Byzantines, led by Romanus IV, was fighting the Seljuk Turks led by ______.
Alp Arslan
Arslan only agreed to let Romanus go after he agreed to give away important land in ______.
Anatolia
Byzantine ruler Alexios asked the Pope for help at the council of Piacenza in March ______.
1095
Urban preached the crusade at the Council of Clermont in November ______.
1095
The Byzantine leader Alexios did not trust the crusaders, believing they were only there to steal his ______
riches
The main people who went crusading were senior noblemen, people from areas that supported the reform movement, families with a pilgrimage tradition, and areas which of France with Pope Urban visited in ______
person
The ruler Kilij Arslan underestimated their force after demolishing the peoples crusade. They then captured Nicea on June 19th ______
1097
Bohemond managed to bribe a Christian working on the walls in Antioch to let them ______
in
At sunrise on 15 July 1099, Jerusalem was under Christian rule for the first time since ______
638
Test your knowledge about the significant battle of Manzikert in 1071 between the Byzantines and the Seljuk Turks, which resulted in a decisive victory for the Seljuks and had far-reaching consequences for the Byzantine Empire.
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