New technologies like steam engines, railroads, and telegraphs which made communication and transporting goods and materials across the country with ease turned many local businesses into national companies.
In the fall of 1095, the emperor in Constantinople, Alexius I, sent an envoy asking Pope Urban II<span> for help against the Seljuk Turks who were encroaching on their lands and on the rights of Christians. ... In order to evaluate the motives and motivations of the crusaders, it is useful to look at </span>Pope Urban's<span> speech.
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