. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. mphe ofRoum in Asia Minor. The Sel-juks constituted themselves theThe empire defenders of the or-of Roum. thodox Mahometanfaith and of the Abbasid Cali-phate seated at Bagdad, againstthe Egyptian Fatimites. Asort of feudal system was estab-lished by them, even Christian princes being admitted to it on conditionof paying tribute and serving in the Seljuk armies; this s^-stem,
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. mphe ofRoum in Asia Minor. The Sel-juks constituted themselves theThe empire defenders of the or-of Roum. thodox Mahometanfaith and of the Abbasid Cali-phate seated at Bagdad, againstthe Egyptian Fatimites. Asort of feudal system was estab-lished by them, even Christian princes being admitted to it on conditionof paying tribute and serving in the Seljuk armies; this s^-stem, however,paved the way for the break-up of the Seljuk power, which becamedivided into several smaller and independent ones. The conquerorSoliman, or Sulaiman, reached the Hellespont, and actually assisted oneof the rival claimants to Romanuss throne to gain Constantinople. Antioch was taken by the Seljuks in 108-1, and Niccea became the seat of their empire; but the first crusaders, under Godfrey de Bouillon, The Crusaders ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ capital in 1097, and defeated and drove out the ? Turks from much of Asia Minor. The Seljuk sultans retired to Iconium (Konieh), leaving the Greeks in possession of the whole of the. TUKKISU WOMKX IN OUTDOOK COSTUME. THE TURKS, ARMENIANS, KURDS, ETC. 475 coast. Even Icoiiium was taken in 1190 by Frederick Barbarossa, on liisway to Jerusalem. Later, tlie Seljnks bad a fresh lease of power, con-
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