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Crusades

Battle of Dorylaeum

Thursday Jul 1, 1097
Dorylaeum (Present-Day Şarhöyük, Turkey)

The first experience of Turkish tactics occurred when a force led by Bohemond and Robert was ambushed at the Battle of Dorylaeum in July 1097. The Normans resisted for hours before the arrival of the main army caused a Turkish withdrawal.


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