First French-Seljuk War (Chaos)

Prehistory
While the two greatest power of Catholic Christianity, the and, were more interested in fighting each other, which culminated in the , the Empire of the  was able to take most of  and invade deep into. This was their apogee, though; now the came to sense and attacked them, defeating them in the  and liberating. Still, the Seljuks held great parts of Italy and.

The war
In 1567, France, and the HRE used the opportunity and declared war on the weakened Seljuks. The First French-Seljuk War had begun.

1569, French troops landed at, conquered the city, for the king had the plan to use the Sinai as a base to find a way to. In the following year however, the Seljuks conquered Port Said back.

New help, on the other hand, came in 1572: After another uprising of the, joined the war, attacked the city of.

The peace
In the, the Seljuks had to cede Dalmatia to Venice, the county of Naples to Florence,  to , Austria to -Carinthia and western  to France. Francois of Bourbon was elected new king.