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Saladin united the big Islamic areas of Egypt, Syria and Mesopotamia and used this concentration of power in his hands to capture Jerusalem.

But could the same or similar happen in reverse during the 1100s? In my mind possible candidates for even temporary unification are Outremer, Cicilian Armenia, Georgia, Byzantium, Ethiopia and perhaps a western power or Crusading army.

What would the temporary concentration of power under one ruler achieve?
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