Battle of Manzikert
1071 · Event
Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine army and capture Emperor Romanos IV; Turkish settlement spreads across Anatolia in the following decades, part of the background to Byzantium's appeal for Western aid in 1095.
On these timelines: Anatolia / Byzantium / Ottoman / Turkey, Major Religions, Roman History, Master, Crusades
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