The process of decolonization coincided with the new Cold War between the Soviet was often affected by superpower competition, and had a definite impact on the of the United Nations and political complexity of every region of the globe.
When the Turks then threatened to invade the Byzantine Empire and take Constantinople, Byzantine Emperor Alexius I made a special appeal to Urban for help. This was not the first appeal of its kind, but it came at an important time for Urban. Wanting to reinforce the power of the papacy, Urban seized the opportunity to unite Christian Europe under him as he fought to take back the Holy Land from the Turks.
Ulysses S Grant was an american soldier and the Commanding General of the Army. He led the union army to take over the confederacy during the civil war when the confederate states wanted to not be a part of the U.S. He was also the 18th president of the United States.
