The Battle of Manzikert was fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Empire on 26 August 1071 near Manzikert. The decisive Seljuk victory and the capture of the Byzantine emperor Romanos IV Diogenes undermined Byzantine authority in Anatolia and Armenia and opened the way for the gradual Turkification of Anatolia in the following decades. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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LocationNear Manzikert (modern Malazgirt, Turkey) 1 Battle Type
Battle Type (category) In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Turkey, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Battle of Manzikert
Lead section, para 1
was fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Empire on 26 August 1071 near Manzikert
Infobox: Result
Seljuk victory
Infobox: Date
26 August 1071
Part Of: Byzantine-Seljuk Wars, Infobox, part of field
Infobox part of: the Byzantine-Seljuk wars
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