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First Crusade: At the Battle of Civetot, the Seljuk forces of Kilij Arslan destroyed the army of the People's Crusade as it marched toward Nicaea.
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1096–1099 Christian re-conquest of the Holy Land
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Battle of Civetot
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Kilij Arslan ibn Suleiman (1079–1107) was the Seljuk sultan of Rûm. He reigned from 1092 until his death in 1107. He ruled the Sultanate during the time of the First Crusade and thus faced the earliest attacks from Christian forces. He also re-established the Sultanate of Rum…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
People's Crusade
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İznik
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