Seljuks


 * The Seljuks were foreign invaders from Turkey. They had converted to Islam in Central Asia before moving to the Iranian Plateau. In 1055, the Seljuks overtook Baghdad but allowed the caliph there to stay on the throne as a figurehead. After that, they moved west and captured Anatolia from the Byzantines. Their success frightened the Christian rulers of Europe.

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