When the Great Seljuk Empire crumbled in 1194, an offshoot of their state, called the “Anatolian Seljuks” was created in modern-day Turkey. Traditional Life on the Central Asian Steppes Before ...

The Seljuk victory in this battle opened up Anatolia to nomadic Turkic settlers, including the likes of Osman, founder of the Ottoman Empire ... Tughril and his family were trained in the ways ...