Manzikert and Myriokephalon: The History of the Battles for Anatolia between the Byzantines and Seljuks

In the late 11th century, Anatolia was still mostly controlled by the Byzantine Empire. A large force of Turkish tribesmen, having descended from Central Asia, conquered Persia and faced the army of the Byzantines. The ensuing fighting still stirs up powerful emotions in the national psyche, not only in Turkey but amongst Armenians, Greeks, and other ethnicities in the region, as the Byzantine losses at Manzikert and Myriokephalon are now regarded with hindsight as marking the end of Christ...