The Seljuk dynasty was the ruling house of the Oghuz Turks who gave their name to the Seljuk Empire. It is named after Seljuk, a tribal chief who led his people from the steppes beyond the Syr Darya into the region of Bukhara and converted to Islam in the tenth century. His descendants, notably Tughril and Chaghri, took Khorasan and then Persia, and in time they adopted the Persian language and culture of administration. Branches of the family ruled in Iran, in Syria, in Kerman and in Anatolia, where the Sultanate of Rum survived until the early fourteenth century.
Before and after
- 990 CEConstruction of Château de Montsoreau
- 994 CEBirth of Cnut the Great
- from 1000 to 1946Kingdom of Hungary
- from 1000 to 1300High Middle Ages
- from 10th century to 14th centurySeljuk dynasty
- from 1000 to 1200Rise of Romanesque art
- from 10th century to 20th centuryFoot binding
- 11th centuryConstruction of Winchester Cathedral
- from 11th century to 18th centuryHouse of Habsburg
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- 1460Construction of Topkapı Palace
The era
This moment belongs to the Medieval world (500 CE to 1500 CE), kingdoms, faiths and trade routes.