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Turkish troops under Alp Arslan defeat Byzantine mercenary troops at the Battle of Manzikert (Malazgirt) and capture Emperor Romanus IV Diogenes, who dies shortly after being exiled. The combined effect of the Schism of 1054 and conquest by the Turks have reduced the power of the Byzantines and shifted Christian religious locus back to Rome.
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