crusade
Kastamonu
... century CE, followed by the Danishmends, the Byzantines during the crusades, Çobanoğlu and Çandaroğlu beyliks. The Ottoman sultan Beyazid I conquered the province in 1392 however, ...
Kahramanmaras
... the city was called Germanicia Caesarea in the time of the Roman and Byzantine empires. It was at the time of the First Crusade the capital of a minor Armenian principality. Prior to 1973, Kahranmanmaras ...
Antakya
... an important role during the Crusades. Geography Antakya is located on the banks of the Orontes River (Turkish: Asi Nehri), approximately 22 km inland from the Mediterranean coast. It enjoys a ...
History of Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling
... from the crusade-days. 1912-1924 Virantekke After Balkan war of 1912 the place of the original Kırkpınar of Oiled wrestling was left. The annual match had to be relocated from ...
Ottoman Music Through Western Eyes
... with Turkish music had started as early as the period of the Crusades, but they did not leave any lasting traces. We find few travel accounts with mention of music from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. ...
History of Izmir
... conquered by the Crusaders in 1204, but the Nicaean Empire could reclaim possession of the city soon afterwards, albeit by according vast concessions to Genoese allies who kept one of the city's castles. ...
History of Sanliurfa
... when the Arabs entered and ruled Edessa for the next three centuries, then the First Crusade established the county of Edessa, which lasted until the mid 12th century. It was then ruled by the Seljuk Turks ...
Sanliurfa
... Romans, Sassanids, Byzantines, Crusaders. The city of Edessa In the Byzantine period Edessa was a powerful regional centre, and a sophisticated city with churches, schools and monasteries. ...
History of Trabzon
... It prospered under the Romans and Byzantines, mainly in the shipping trade, and as a branch of the Silk Road. When the Fourth Crusaders seized Constantinople in 1204, the imperial family ...
History of Rize
... along the coast, including a large influx of Kipchak Turks. However, the area was recaptured by the Byzantines in 1098 during the Crusades and later following the sack of Constantinople in the Fourth Crusade ...
The Crusades
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