The Seljuk Empire, or the Great Seljuk Empire, was a high medieval, culturally Turco-Persian, Sunni Muslim empire, established and ruled by the Qïnïq branch of Oghuz Turks. It spanned a total area of 3.9 million square kilometres from Anatolia and the Levant in the west to the Hindu Kush in the east, and from Central Asia in the north to the Persian Gulf in the south.
The Toghrol Tower in the city of Ray in Iran, which serves as the tomb of the first Seljuk ruler Tughril I
15th-century French miniature depicting the combatants of the Battle of Manzikert in contemporary Western European armour
Ahmad Sanjar seated on his throne, from the 14th-century Jami' al-Tawarikh
Sultan Barkiaruq, the Seljuk ruler during the First Crusade, from the c. 1425 Persian manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru's Majma' al-Tawarikh, Yale University Art Gallery
The High Middle Ages, or high medieval period, was the period of European history that lasted from AD 1000 to 1300. The High Middle Ages were preceded by the Early Middle Ages and were followed by the Late Middle Ages, which ended around AD 1500.
Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Battle of Hastings during the Norman Conquest
Miniature representing the delivery of the fortress of Uclés to the Master of Order of Santiago in 1174
King Saint Stephen I of Hungary.
After the successful siege of Jerusalem in 1099, Godfrey of Bouillon, leader of the First Crusade, became the first ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
