Battle Of Manzikert Research Paper

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Battle of Manzikert:

The Battle of Manzikert happened during August 26th, 1071, it's a battle in which the Byzantine were defeated by the Seljuq Turks. This led to the Seljuq conquest of most of Anatolia. The battle of Manzikert also marked the beginning of the end of the Byzantine empire.

Christian Perspective: The Seljuks (Muslims) were raiding the Byzantine ruled Anatolia. Which was why Romanus IV the Emperor or Byzantine at that time, led an army to "reestablish the security of the Byzantine Empire's eastern frontier" (quote: https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Manzikert). Romanus split up his army into two, sending some ahead to secure the fortress of Akhlât. Then he led his own army to attack the Seljuk Turks in Manzikert. But, …show more content…

He and his army wanted to conquer Anatolia, which was what the Byzantine had under control. After they attacked and got a few of Byzantine's land, the Byzantine led by Romans IV tried to secure the security of his land. But in the end, he failed, and The Seljuk Turks got most of Byzantine's …show more content…

Christian perspective: Wanted to take back the Iberian Peninsula from the Muslims in Europe and North Africa. The Iberian Peninsula contains Spain and Portugal. The Umayyads started a new Muslim dynasty in Spain during the 8th century. All Muslim, Jews, And Christians lived together, but the non-Muslims were treated differently. For example, they had to pay special taxes.

Muslim perspective: The Muslims fought with the Christians, and they wanted to keep control of the Iberian Peninsula. But in the end, they still lost some land to the Christians. The Muslims lost pretty much all of the Iberian Peninsula except for a land in Southern Spain (happened during 1248). In the late 1400s, Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand wanted to change all everyone in Spain to a Catholic country which was why they started the inquisition which basically meant they tortured a bunch of Muslims and Jews in fear that they were still practicing their old religion and not

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