Seljuk Commonwealth

12AD – 62AD

### Ethnic groups

Turks, Greeks, Kurds, Armenians, Azeris, Georgians, Circassians, Arabs, Copts, Sindhis, Gujaratis, Somalis

### Regional Language(s)

Arabic, Greek, Sindhi, Somali, Ukrainian, Armenian

### Minority Religion(s)

Orthodox Christianity, Shia Islam, Hinduism

### Succeded by

* Republic of Cyprus
* Byzantine Empire
* First Libyan Empire
* Scottish Empire

The **Seljuk Commonwealth** (change to sultanate?) was a Turkish empire that originated from Anatolia, and one of the first major empires of the Classic Era. At their peak, in addition to holding most of non-Greek Anatolia, they controlled Mesopotamia, most of the Caucasus region, northern Egypt, Somalia, and the western coast of the Indian subcontinent. The nation was one of the first big nations of Asia. Their main rival was the Byzantine Empire. They were allied to the Libyan Empire and Russia. After their player quit, their territory was partitioned by the Libyans and Byzantines.

## History

### Founding and expansion

The nation was founded in 12AD by Suleiman ibn Qutulmish, who created it to defend his home city of Çorum. Soon after this, the nation began rapidly expanding through Anatolia, and landing in Circassia.

In the early years, the nation expanded quickly and managed to get a major hold on the Middle East. Soon, they founded The Axis. They eventually managed to create colonies in Madagascar, Somalia, and India. The nation was one of the few who could stand up to the more western powers of Europe, and there have been many debates about how a war between the two major alliances could have went.

### Height of power and decline

During the height of the nation, it was one of the strongest military and economic powers in the Middle East, due to it basically owning all of the important areas of the region. Trade moving through the nation made the Commonwealth rich, allowing them to afford their large army in a similar fashion to how the Byzantine Empire did it. In 49AD, Suleiman ibn Qutulmish died of an assassination, with the assassin being captured soon afterwards. It was found out that he was part of a revolutionary group in Iraq, who killed him to try forming a nation in the area of Mesopotamia. These plans were stopped, and Suleiman's son, Kilij Arslan, took the throne.

Under his rule, the empire began to decline as it had expanded outwards to everything it could without upsetting the western powers. During this time, the nation was yearly attacked by other incoming Turkic tribes, the Huns, and even Arabs.

The nation's collapse was very unexpected by many, as the nation was doing incredibly well in the years leading up to the collapse. However, this collapse was one of the most chaotic in history. Many revolts occurred in the nation's vast land, mostly in areas that were culturally disconnected from the nation, such as Israel, the northern Caucasus, Burma and India.

This sudden collapse was worsened by the fact that the Seljuk sultan, Kilij Arslan, disappeared the same year, and the nation split into 4. The Seljuk Commonwealth survived as the Anatolian Sultanate after the empire divided, under the rule of Kilij Arslan's son, Malik Shah, before these nations would be divided by the Byzantine Empire and First Libyan Empire.

### Legacy

A Seljuk rump state, later known as the Republic of Cyprus, survived the partition, and managed to last until 70AD, when they voted to join the Byzantine Empire as a new province. They were the first of many Turkish empires, and it is believed by some that the Ottoman royal family is descended from the Seljuk one.