[There] was no sudden rush of semi-civilized, horse-riding nomads from the steppe, but the culmination of complex movements of various Turkish peoples that had been taking place throughout Eurasia for over a thousand years. And when Turks first entered Anatolia in the 11th century, it was a Byzantine Emperor who made a relatively minor Turkish prince the first Sultan in the land that would come to be known as Turkey — a price, furthermore, who called himself not Sultan of Turkey, but Sultan of Rome! ⸺ Warwick Ball (2013). “Sultans Of Rome: The Turkish World Expansion” (1st edition). Back-Cover Blurb.