Storm on Horseback: The Seljuk Warriors of Turkey

by John Freely

Book Overview

Who are the Turks and where did they come from? The successive empires that they created in a whirlwind of conquests from China to North Africa led one chronicler to call the waves of mounted Turkic warriors a 'storm on horseback.' This is the story of the Seljuk Turks of Anatolia who created the first Turkish state.
The Seljuk period - when Anatolia, which had been for the most part Greek and Christian and became predominantly Turkic and Muslim...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0755654234
• ISBN13: 9780755654239
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Tauris Parke
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.8"