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 RESULT OF TURKISH ATTACKS. 5X Asia Minor, instead of being a source of strength to the em- pire, had become one of weakness. The increasing attacks of a barbarous liorde, whose losses were immediately snpj)lied by the stream of barbarians whom the hope of plunder and religious fanaticism attracted, had lessened the strength of the empire, largely exhausted its resources, and diminished its reputation.