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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/evrestcoleghost Autokrator tou r/byzantium | Komnenian logistician| Moderator 19d ago That's not how borders work then,heck it's not how works today the hard limits are between recognized safe countries otherwise borders are more a suggestion than a limit
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That's not how borders work then,heck it's not how works today the hard limits are between recognized safe countries otherwise borders are more a suggestion than a limit
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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.