Seljuk invasions

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The Seljuk invasions were a series of 11th-century military campaigns by the Seljuk Turks that overran much of the Armenian highlands and the wider Near East, contributing to the collapse of local Christian kingdoms and reshaping the region’s political and religious landscape.

All labels observed (10)

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
invasion ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
appliesToPart Armenian Highlands ⓘ
Caucasus ⓘ
Eastern Anatolia ⓘ
linked to: eastern Turkey

Iranian Plateau ⓘ
linked to: Iranian plateau

Near East ⓘ
linked to: Middle East

Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
broaderContext expansion of Turkic peoples into the Middle East ⓘ
rise of the Seljuk Empire ⓘ
carriedOutBy Seljuk Empire ⓘ
Seljuk Turks ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk Empire
contributedTo Islamization of parts of the Near East ⓘ
Turkification of Anatolia ⓘ
collapse of local Christian kingdoms in the Armenian Highlands ⓘ
decline of the Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
weakening of the Byzantine Empire in Anatolia ⓘ
followedBy First Crusade ⓘ
hasCause political fragmentation of local Christian polities ⓘ
westward expansion of the Seljuk Turks ⓘ
hasEffect displacement of Christian populations ⓘ
establishment of Seljuk rule over large parts of the Near East ⓘ
expansion of Sunni Islam in the region ⓘ
migration of Turkic tribes into the Armenian Highlands ⓘ
reshaping of the political landscape of the Near East ⓘ
reshaping of the religious landscape of the Near East ⓘ
hasPart Seljuk invasion of Anatolia ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk invasions

Seljuk invasion of Armenia ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk invasions

Seljuk invasion of the Near East ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk invasions
historicalRegion Medieval Near East ⓘ
opposedBy Armenian forces ⓘ
Byzantine armies ⓘ
Georgian forces ⓘ
participant Bagratid Armenia ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Georgian principalities ⓘ
Muslim emirates of the Near East ⓘ
various Armenian principalities ⓘ
religiousAspect conflict between Muslim Seljuks and Christian polities ⓘ
result Seljuk dominance in much of Anatolia ⓘ
end of independent Armenian royal power in much of the Armenian Highlands ⓘ
erosion of Byzantine control in the East ⓘ
startTime 11th century ⓘ
timePeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
usedMilitaryForceType cavalry ⓘ
mounted archers ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bagratid Armenia → fallCause → Seljuk invasions ⓘ
Suleiman ibn Qutulmish → partOf → Seljuk expansion into Anatolia ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk invasions
Battle of Manzikert → predecessorEvent → Seljuk incursions into Byzantine Anatolia ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk invasions
Seljuk invasions → hasPart → Seljuk invasion of Armenia ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk invasions
Seljuk invasions → hasPart → Seljuk invasion of Anatolia ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk invasions
Seljuk invasions → hasPart → Seljuk invasion of the Near East ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk invasions
Constantine IX Monomachos → notableEvent → Seljuk raids in eastern Anatolia ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk invasions
Battle of Dandanaqan → followedBy → Seljuk capture of Nishapur ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk invasions
Malik Shah I → associatedWith → Seljuk conquest of Anatolia ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk invasions
Qutulmish → associatedWith → Seljuk expansion into Anatolia ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk invasions
Battle of Malazgirt → relatedTo → Seljuk expansion into Anatolia ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk invasions
Council of Piacenza appeal by Alexios I Komnenos → precededBy → Seljuk conquest of much of Anatolia ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk invasions
Byzantine themes of Asia Minor → endCause → Seljuk conquest of much of Anatolia ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk invasions