Image: 11 13th century Asia Minor Turkish Invasions

Description: Asia Minor/Anatolia during the first waves of Turkish invasions (11th-13th century)
Title: 11 13th century Asia Minor Turkish Invasions
Credit: Own work, data taken from: *Topography taken from DEMIS Mapserver, which are public domain, other wise self-made. *Speros Vryonis. The Decline of Medieval Hellenism in Asia Minor and the Process of Islamization from the Eleventh through the Fifteenth Century. University of California Press, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Los Angeles, 1971, p. 94: Western Anatolia: Settlements sacked or destroyed: Cyzicus, Appollonia, Lopadion, Poimanenon, Adramytium, Calamus, Meleum (Meloe), Smyrna, Clazomenae, Phocaea, Ephesus, Traleis, Louma, Pantacheir, Melanodion, Latrus, Strobilus, Attaleia Nicomedia, Prousa, Nicaea, Pithecas, Malagina, Dorylaeum, Cotyaeum, Amorium, Philomelium, Myriocephalos, Sozopolis, Chonae, Laodikeia, Hierapolis, Tripolis, Tantalus, Karia, Antioch ad Maeandrum, Choma Soublaion Regions pillaged: Dorilaeum-Iconium, Thynia-Bithynia, Propontis and Mysia, Caicus, Hermus, Cayster, Maeander, Phrygia, Paphlagonia, Pisidia, Lycia Eastern Anatolia: Settlements sacked or destroyed: Caesarea, Edessa, Melitene, Sebastea, Arabisus, Albistan, Kaisum, Nisibis, Gargar, Ani, Artze, Zorinak Regions pillaged: Cappadocia, Pyramus, Armenia, Lake Van Northern Anatolia: Settlements sacked or destroyed: Sinope, Trebizond, Neocaesaria, Castamon, Gangra Southern Anatolia: Settlements sacked or destroyed: Seleucia, Mopsouestia, Adana, Corycus, Precana Regions pillaged: Piramus Valley Central Anatolia: Settlements sacked or destroyed: Iconium, Ankara, Coloneia Archelais, Laodiceia Combusta Topography taken from DEMIS Mapserver, which are public domain, other wise self-made.
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