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So I've recently fallen in love with the early Crusader era (1099-1187) and have bought at least 4 different books on the subject. They have got me interested in the Crusader states' neighbor, the Byzantine Empire. One of the main reasons for the first crusade was to aid the Byzantines and pushing back the Turks, who had taken much of Anatolia. Now both Muslims and Byzantines ended up fighting over the region off and on for about 2 centuries, but the Empire never fully reestablished its control over this vital territory.

So my challenge is this: with a POD after the end of the first Crusade (1099 for those who don't know) have Byzantium permanently retake control of most or all of Anatolia. Sure they could lose some territory in the back and forth nature of the era but the Byzantines have to be in control of the vast majority of the region. Bonus points if this leads to a surviving Latin East and extra bonus points if the Latins and Greeks can manage to work together, as Pope Urban II originally envisioned.
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