The first reign of Keyhüsrev begins. But while the young Sultan struggles to hold Western Anatolia, his half-brother Sulayman II seizes the initiative in the East, driving Keyhüsrev from Konya. Sulayman then sets out to invade Georgia and reunify Anatolia... Ambitions whose rewards others will ultimately reap.
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68 - The Wandering Sultan
In the aftermath of the disaster of the march of the Third Crusade across Anatolia, the Sultanate of Rum falls apart. The elderly Sultan of Rum is forced to wander across Anatolia seeking aid to return to the throne. And we say goodbye to the Limping Lion, and bring to the throne the next Roman Sultan - the Sultan who will come to inaugurate the golden age of the Seljuks of Rum.
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67 - A Great and Furious Downpour
The Holy Roman Emperor crosses the Dardanelles into Anatolia expecting to find a friend on the throne in Konya. But while Sultan Kılıç Arslan II desires peace and alliance, the wild tribes and certain of his sons have other ideas...
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66 - The Kingdom of Heaven
Saladin consolidates power throughout Syria and northern Iraq, becoming the greatest power in the Muslim world and strangling Outremer. After a crusader provocation, he assembles a great army and marches it into the Levant, ultimately crushing the Crusaders at the Battle of Hattin. Jerusalem itself soon falls to the Ayyubid Sultan. And the shocking news of the fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem causes fear and guilt to spread across Europe, leading the Third Crusade. Soon, the Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick Barbarossa, is leading a great crusading army to the Holy Land by way of Anatolia...
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65 - The Man Who Lived Too Long
After the battle of Myriokephalon, Kılıç Arslan II consolidates Seljuk rule of Anatolia. The Sultan of Rum negotiates with the rising power of Saladin, and conquers further in the West after the death of Manuel Komnenos. But as the elderly Sultan continues to cling to life, and as great invasion is summoned from the West, the future claimants to the throne in Konya start sharpening their knives...
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