Table of Contents
List of Maps
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Conquests, Modern Nations, and Lost Fatherlands
Sources, Images, Perceptions
Part I First EncounterS in Byzantium’s Eastern Marches, ca. 1040-1071
1. The Eastern Provinces, Turkish Migrations, and the Seljuk Imperial Project
2. Byzantine-Seljuk Diplomacy and the First Turkish Footholds
3. Emperor Romanos IV and Sultan Alp Arslān, 1068-1071
Part II Decay of Imperial Authority and Regionalization of Power, 1071-1096
4. Sulaymān b. Qutlumush and the First Turkish Lordships in Syria
5. Revolts and Byzantine-Turkish Coalitions in Asia Minor, 1071-1081
6. Seljuk Rule between Centralization and Disintegration, 1086-1098
7. Turkish and Byzantine-Armenian Lordships in Asia Minor
Part III The Crusades and the Crystallization of Muslim Anatolia, 1096-ca.1130
8. Seljuk Reactions to the First Crusade
9. New Contact and Conflict Zones
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index