Turks and Turkmens have spent the past…

1067 CE

Turks and Turkmens have spent the past three years invading deep into Anatolia, in 1067 penetrating as far west as Caesarea in central Anatolia.

The raiders are inspired by the Muslim idea of holy war, and there is at first nothing systematic about their invasion.

They find it surprisingly easy, however, to plunder the countryside and isolate the cities, owing to the long neglect of the eastern frontier defenses by the emperors in Constantinople.

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Caesarea > Kayseri Kayseri Turkey View →

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Al-Mustansir Billah View → Alp Arslan View → Malik-Shah I View → Qutalmish View → Romanos IV Diogenes View → Tughril View →

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Persian people View → Armenian people View → Oghuz Turks View → Islam View → Armeniac Theme View → Muslims, Sunni View → Abbasid Caliphate (Baghdad) View → Mazyadid (Al-Mazeedi) state of Iraq View → Ghaznavids View → Turkmen people View → Fatimid Caliphate View → 'Uqaylid Dynasty of Mosul View → Georgia, (Bagratid) Kingdom of View → Mirdasid dynasty View → Armenia, Principalities of View → Seljuq Empire (Isfahan) View → Christians, Eastern Orthodox View → Roman Empire, Eastern: Doukid dynasty View →

Topics
Byzantine-Seljuq Turk Wars of 1064-81 View →

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Commerce View → Labor and Service View → Conflict View → Faith View → Government View → Technology View →

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