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Name: Seljuk invasion of Asia minor

Type: Event

Start: 1065 AD

End: 1082 AD

Parent: Byzantine-Seljuq wars

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Was the invasion of Asia Minor by the Seljuq Turks.

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  • January 1065: Seljuk sultan Alp Arslan marched into Armenia and Georgia, conquering these regions.
  • January 1067: In 1066 the Seljuk tribes came to the territory of Arran. Shirvanshah I Fariburz accepted dependence on them, preserving internal independence.
  • January 1068: The Anatolian Seljuks took Aintab in 1067.
  • January 1069: In 1068 the Seljuks reached as far as Neocesarea and Amorio.
  • January 1070: In 1067 the Seljuq Turks invaded Asia Minor attacking Caesarea and in 1069 Iconium.
  • January 1082: Byzantine gains at the time of the accession of Alexios I Komnenos.
  • January 1065: The Seljuks captured Caesarea Mazaca, the capital of Cappadocia.

    • 1. Seljikid conquest of Iconio

    Seljukid conquest of Iconio.

  • January 1070: Seljukid conquest of Iconio.

    • 2. Seljukid invasion of Cappadocia

    Seljukid invasion of Cappadocia.

  • January 1070: Seljukid invasion of Cappadocia.

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