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In 1094 or 1095 Alexios I Komnenos the Byzantine emperor sent to the pope Urban II and asked for aid from the west against the Seljuq Turks who taken nearly all of Asia Minor from him.

 

Step 1: Analyze the Excerpt The excerpt is from a 1093 letter by Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus to Pope Urban II. Key details include: A plea to ?come with all your people and give battle? to prevent ?treasure? from falling to ?the Turks.? A warning to ?act while there is still time lest the kingdom of the Christians shall vanish.? A promise of ?reward in heaven? for ...

 

Whilst the Seljuk Turks were strengthening their hold on Anatolia the Normans based in southern Italy under their leader Robert Guiscard were invading Illyria with a sizeable army of 30 000 and the Pechenegs a nomadic people from Eastern Europe were spreading out from the Balkans.

 

In 1094 or 1095 the Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus wrote to Pope Urban II and asked for aid from the west against the Turks who had taken nearly all of Asia Minor from him.

 

With red crosses sewn on tunics worn over their armor and the battle cry of ?God wills it!? on their lips knights and common-ers were fired by religious zeal and became Crusaders. By early 1097 three armies of knights and people of all classes had gathered outside Constantinople.

 

Alexios was able to curb the Byzantine decline and begin the military financial and territorial recovery known as the Komnenian restoration. His appeals to Western Europe for help against the Seljuk Turks were the catalyst that sparked the First Crusade.

 

Option D: Claims the emperor ?led the Turks in battle defeated the Muslims? and offered treasure. Contradicts the excerpt which warns the Turks might seize the treasure (no mention of victory or offering treasure to the Pope).