What prompted Bohemond I's journey to the Eastern Mediterranean?
Trade interests
Exile
Personal pilgrimage
First Crusade call
Answer
In response to Pope Urban II’s call for the First Crusade in 1095, the ambitious Norman nobleman Bohemond I of Taranto set his sights on the Eastern Mediterranean. Eager to carve out his own domain and gain glory, Bohemond joined the crusade, embarking on a quest for territorial expansion and personal fortune in the lands of the Levant.
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