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Manzikert (măn`zĭkərt), Turk. Malazgirt, village, E Turkey, SE of Erzurum. It was an important town of ancient Armenia. A council held there in A.D. 726 reasserted the independence of the Armenian Church from the Orthodox Eastern Church. There, in 1071, the Seljuk Turks under Alp Arslan Alp Arslan (älp ärslän`), 1029–72, Seljuk sultan of Persia (1063–72). ..... Click the link for more information. routed the troops of Byzantine Emperor Romanus IV Romanus IV (Romanus Diogenes) (dīŏj`ənēz), d. 1072, Byzantine emperor (1068–71). ..... Click the link for more information. in a decisive battle that resulted in the fall of Asia Minor to the Seljuks. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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And he follows it downward, from the defeat by the Seljuk Turks at Manzikert in 1071 through the depredations of the Fourth Crusade, concluding with a moving account of the fall of Constantinople in 1453. And he follows it downward, from the defeat by the Seljuk Turks at Manzikert in 1071 through the depredations of the Fourth Crusade, concluding with a moving account of the fall of Constantinople in 1453. And he follows it downward, from the defeat by the Seljuk Turks at Manzikert in 1071 through the depredations of the Fourth Crusade, concluding with a moving account of the fall of Constantinople in 1453. |
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