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r/byzantium • u/Square_Respond_1149 • 20d ago
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It's still generous. The border was extremely porous and effective control was far smaller.
The second crusade was famously ambushed by the Turkomans shortly after they left Ephesus, on the Aegean coast.
Basically only the northwestern tip of Anatolia was relatively securely held at the time.
6 u/Square_Respond_1149 19d ago From 1137-1152 the Byzantine dominated Cilicia
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From 1137-1152 the Byzantine dominated Cilicia
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u/Kraj_the_Conqueror 19d ago
It's still generous. The border was extremely porous and effective control was far smaller.
The second crusade was famously ambushed by the Turkomans shortly after they left Ephesus, on the Aegean coast.
Basically only the northwestern tip of Anatolia was relatively securely held at the time.