Alexios' death means that the ambition of…
1119 CE
Alexios' death means that the ambition of reconquering all of Asia Minor has been left to his thirty-one-year old son, John II Komnenos.
Early in John's reign, the Turks are pressing forward against the imperial frontier in western Asia Minor, and he is determined to drive them back.
The Seljuqs cut the land route to the city of Antalya on the southern coast of Anatolia in 1119.
John II and Axouch the Grand Domestic recapture Laodicea and Sozopolis, reopening land communication with Antalya.
This route is especially important as it also leads to Cilicia and the Crusader states of Syria.
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Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
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Muslims, Sunni
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Turkmen people
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Christians, Roman Catholic
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Christians, Eastern Orthodox
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Danishmends
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Roman Empire, Eastern: Komnenos dynasty, restored
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Rûm, Sultanate of
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Antioch, Principality of
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Edessa, County of
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Tripoli, County of
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