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1
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When did the Byzantines first lose Jerusalem?

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638

The loss of Jerusalem certainly wasn’t a fresh wound in 1095.

2
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When did The Great Schism occur?

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1054

Eastern and Western Christendom excommunicated each other over an alteration of the Filoque Clause of the Nicene Creed

3
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When was the Battle of Manzikert?

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1075

Paved the way for Seljuk expansion into Anatolia.

4
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When was The Investiture Contest?

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1075 - 1080

Pope Gregory VII vs. Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV. Sets the scene for the the expansion of Papal authority in Europe.

5
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When was Jerusalem’s populous massacred after a revolt?

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1077

The ‘atrocities’ recounted by Byzantines at Piacenza had occurred before with no call for Crusade.