Ricardolindo
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As I said, though, the Mongol invasions drove a new wave of Turks to Anatolia, which actually strengthened the Turks.Roughly 10-15% historically did, at least during the Komnenian Restoration; they were largely Hellenized and adopted Christianity as part of the Roman pushback in Anatolia. To be fair, though, by the 1200s the Turks were much more established politically, religiously and demographically in the Anatolia highlands. The Mongol invasions do offer a possibility though, through the damage inflicted, for the Greeks to make some serious gains again.