The Seljuq campaigns Military_operation in the Aegean refer Name_conferral to the ground and naval actions conducted Action by the Seljuk Turks , chiefly under the leadership of Tzachas of Smyrna against the Byzantine Empire .

Alexios I Komnenos ' son , John II Komnenos inherited a sizable amount of land in Western Asia Minor , although the port city of Antalya was under Seljuq siege .

Urban called Request for a military expedition Conquering to aid Assistance the Byzantine Empire , which had recently lost Earnings_and_losses most of Anatolia to the Seljuq Turks .

Riding from the steppes of Central Asia , the Seljuq replicated tactics practiced Practice by the Huns hundreds of years earlier against a similar Roman opponent but now combining Cause_to_amalgamate it with new-found Islamic zeal ; in many ways Action , the Seljuq resumed Process_start the conquests Conquering of the Muslims in the Byzantine–Arab Wars initiated Process_start by the Rashidun , Umayyad and Abassid Caliphate in the Levant , North Africa and Asia Minor .

Riding from the steppes of Central Asia , the Seljuq replicated tactics practiced Practice by the Huns hundreds of years earlier against a similar Roman opponent but now combining Cause_to_amalgamate it with new-found Islamic zeal ; in many ways Action , the Seljuq resumed Process_start the conquests Conquering of the Muslims in the Byzantine–Arab Wars initiated Process_start by the Rashidun , Umayyad and Abassid Caliphate in the Levant , North Africa and Asia Minor .

During the course of the war , the Seljuq Turks and their allies attacked Attack the Fatimid Caliphate of Egypt , capturing Conquering Jerusalem and catalyzing Process_start the call for the First Crusade .