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What Happened When the Crusaders Were Denied the Plunder of Nicaea? - The First Crusade and the Fall of Nicaea | Sleepy Facts About History
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In the spring of 1097, a coalition of Western European princes laid siege to Nicaea, the Seljuk capital barely a hundred miles from Constantinople. The city’s formidable land walls and the broad expanse of Lake Askania made it seem impregnable to a traditional land assault. To force the city’s surrender, the crusaders had to rely on a complicated and tense alliance with the Byzantine Empire, culminating in a remarkable logistical operation where boats were hauled overland to blockade the…
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