<span>Iconoclastic Controversy, a dispute over the use of religious images in the Byzantine Empire in the 8th and 9th centuries. The Iconoclasts objected to icon worship for several reasons, including the Old Testament prohibition against images in the Ten Commandments and the possibility of idolatry. The defenders of icon worship insisted on the symbolic nature of images and on the dignity of created matter.<span> </span></span>
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When Alexius I Komnenoi implored the pope (Urban II) for help, he meant it to reconquer the lost Byzantine lands (and therefore return in to their de facto ruler, a.k.a., the Byzantines). Urban however, decided to merely use that as a façade in order to then invade the Muslims, and retake the holy land.
He also saw the wanted to unite Christianity as a whole (All the sects at the time, Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Paulicianism, Iconoclasts, etc. into a single conglomerate, fighting a common enemy.)
The second choice mentioned above exposed the element that caused the British to surrender at Yorktown George. The troops of Washington outnumbered the British soldiers by two to one, referring to August 27-29, 1776. The army was defeated completely, and that is the main factor.
