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Constantine I started to shift the Roman Capital to the eastern Mediterranean Sea, away from German invaders. The new capital, Constantinople, was located on the Bosporus; a strait that links the Mediterranean and Black Seas. Making is a great port and trade center.
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Alexios asked for the help of volunteers to come and aid in the fight against the Selijuk Turks.
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Mutinous Crusader armies captured, looted, and destroyed parts of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire.
