First Crusade - Rise of Alexios Komnenos - Medieval DOCUMENTARY

Get yourself excellent Japanese Steel Kitchen Knives at and use our discount code kings to get 50 USD off any purchase that you make! Kings and Generals animated historical animated documentary series on the First Crusade continued with the aftermath of the battle of Manzikert of 1071 () where the Eastern Roman Empire’s army led by Romanos was defeated by the Seljuk army of Alp Arslan. We will cover a number of Byzantine civil wars, and the battles of Zombos Bridge and Kalavrye, which led to the rise of Alexios I and his Komnenos dynasty. Previous videos on the Crusades, Bulgaria, and the Byzantine Empire: Battle of Manzikert 1071 - Rise of Bulgaria - Battle of Tryavna 1190 - Sack of Constantinople 1204 - Battle of Adrianople 1205 - Battle of Klokotnitsa 1230 - How the Roma