EASTERN EXPANSION OF WESTERN COUNTRIES AND THE SELJUK STATE DURING THE FIRST CRUSADE (BASED ON EUROPEAN MATERIALS).

Abstract

In recent years, the study of the history of the Crusades, the political and cultural influence of the crusaders on the peoples of the East has become one of the most pressing topics in domestic medieval studies. Similarly, in domestic science, the study of the history of relations and historical interaction of the Turkic peoples with the countries of Europe was put on the agenda. During the First Crusade, one of the peoples who opposed the European invasion of the East were the Seljuk Turks. This scientific article examines the military actions between the Seljuk state and the crusaders, their course and results. The Seljuk state was the largest Turkic-Muslim state in the East at that time, and it called on all Muslim peoples to this religious war. On this basis, the Jihad war occurred. In this regard, the scientific work analyzes the military actions between the Seljuk Turks and the Europeans during the First Crusade not only from a political but also from a religious point of view. The war between the Seljuk Turks and the Crusaders was also characterized as a conflict between cultures and as a clash of civilizations. One of the main scientific tasks put forward in this work is to study the topic from a cultural and civilizational point of view. In the Middle Ages, the Seljuk Turks became an influential force for the European peoples. They tried to prevent European wars in the East during the First Crusade. Therefore, this issue should also be considered in the context of the topic "Europe and the Turkic World". The authors of the article, arguing that the Seljuk state was the most powerful medieval state in the Turkic world, study its political and military exploits during the First Crusade.