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In the late summer of 1097, a crack force of heavily armoured warriors came hurtling down through the mountain

passes of Silesia in sun-scorched southeastern Anatolia to enter the lush coastal plains

beyond.

To say that the region had a turbulent recent history would be an understatement. First held by the Roman Empire,

the sought-after coastal plain had been conquered by the Arabs in the 8th century, becoming the

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