Volume Eight: The First Crusade (1096 – 1099):

1071 – Battle of Manzikert: the Seljuk Turks, led by Alp Arslan, defeated Roman Emperor Romanus IV Diogenes and
established their ‘Sultanate of Rum’ in Anatolia (in Konya); – and the Danishmendids imposed their control over
Central and Eastern Anatolia for over a century. This Turkish advance led to the later First Crusade:
1097 – During the First Crusade (1096 – 1099), the Crusaders seized Antioch.
1099 – the Crusaders entered Palestine, defeated the Fatimids (Muslims), and took back Jerusalem…..read more in Volume
Eight.