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Byzantine–Seljuk wars: At the Battle of Myriokephalon in Phrygia, the Seljuq Turks prevented Byzantine forces from taking the interior of Anatolia.
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Byzantine–Seljuk wars
Series of conflicts in the Middle Ages
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Battle of Myriokephalon
1176 battle between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Turks
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Anatolia
Peninsula of Turkey in Western Asia
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