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.

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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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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