the byzantine empire started to decline for a final time in 1071.
when did the byzantine empire start to decline for a final time?
1071
to the east of europe lay the byzantine empire, composed of christians who had long followed a separate orthodox rite; the eastern orthodox and roman catholic churches had been in schism since 1054. historians have argued that the desire to impose roman church authority in the east may have been one of the goals of the crusade, although urban ii, who launched the first crusade, never refers to such a goal in his letters on crusading. the seljuq turks had taken over almost all of anatolia after the byzantine defeat at the battle of manzikert in 1071; however, their conquests were piecemeal and led by semi-independent warlords, rather than by the sultan. a dramatic collapse of the empire's position on the eve of the council of clermont brought byzantium to the brink of disaster. by the mid-1090s, the byzantine empire was largely confined to balkan europe and the northwestern fringe of anatolia, and faced norman enemies in the west as well as turks in the east. in response to the defeat at manzikert and subsequent byzantine losses in anatolia in 1074, pope gregory vii had called for the "miles christi" ("soldiers of christ") to go to byzantium's aid. this call was largely ignored and even opposed. the reason for this was that while the defeat at manzikert was shocking, it had limited significance and did not lead to major difficulties for the byzantine empire, at least in the short term.
first crusade
section::::geography of the byzantine empire.





























section::::geography of the byzantine empire.:regions of the byzantine empire.





























bullet::::- albania under the byzantine empire





























bullet::::- byzantine armenia





























bullet::::- byzantine crete





























bullet::::- byzantine greece





























bullet::::- byzantine egypt





























section::::geography of the byzantine empire.:regions of the byzantine empire.:administrative divisions of the byzantine empire.





























bullet::::- subdivisions of the byzantine empire





























section::::geography of the byzantine empire.:regions of the byzantine empire.:administrative divisions of the byzantine empire.:provinces of the byzantine empire.





























bullet::::- bithynia





























bullet::::- byzacena





























bullet::::- byzantine crete





























bullet::::- catepanate of italy





























bullet::::- catepanate of serbia





























bullet::::- drougoubiteia





























bullet::::- duchy of perugia





























bullet::::- duchy of rome





























bullet::::- duchy of the pentapolis
outline of the byzantine empire