Major conflict1071

Battle of Manzikert

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Manzikert · Anatolia

Estimated casualties

100Ksingle estimate · no range published

The Seljuk victory that opened Anatolia to Turkish settlement and triggered the First Crusade.

Belligerents2

Seljuk Empire
Byzantine Empire

ON THE MAPGreat Seljuk EmpireByzantine Empire (843-1204)

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: Battle of Manzikert (1071). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/manzikert-battle · Sources & methodology