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Why did Byzantine emperor ask pope urban ll for help

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Alexios I Komnenos asked Byzantine for help against the Muslim Seljuk Turks who had taken over most of formerly Byzantine Anatolia.

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He had sent a delegation to Piacenza, Italy asking pope for help against the Turks
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