Battle of Constantinople
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The <entity_0> in 1147 was a large-scale clash between the forces of the Byzantine Empire and the German crusaders of the Second Crusade, led by Conrad III of Germany, fought on the outskirts of the Byzantine capital, <entity_1>. The Byzantinist John Birkenmeier argues that this array was dictated by the particular circumstances of the <entity_2>; the Byzantines knew the ground intimately as it was just beyond the walls of <entity_1>, and were aware of the German dispositions, so that they did not need to use their horse archers as a scouting or screening force.
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