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The Seljuk Turks. Fold your paper in half For each slide, create a question that can be answered by the information on the slide- On one side On the other side compose your answer to the question you wrote. Origins/Geography. Seljuk Turks were: nomadic steppe herders :Goats/sheep/camels - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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1. Fold your paper in half2. For each slide, create a question that can
be answered by the information on the slide- On one side
3. On the other side compose your answer to the question you wrote
The Seljuk Turks
Origins/Geography Seljuk Turks were:
nomadic steppe herders :Goats/sheep/camels
Clashed with Islamic empires on northeastern frontiers
10C began conversions and migration into the Abbasid territory
Abbasid took note of their military skills
Slaves to Masters Turkish children
purchased for soldiers/bodyguards called Mameluks
Mameluk forces overpowered Abassid caliph masters
Abassids had hemorrhaged territory (Spain, North Africa, and parts of Persia)
Seljuks (mameluks named for the Persian family that owned them) captured Baghdad
Marched on Byzantines
1055 and held most of Anatolia
Turks secure Persian Support Seljuk rulers wisely won over the
hearts of their Persian conquests Named Isfahan as capital Nomadic Seljuks prized Persian
learning adopting culture and language Arabic language waned Used only by religious scholars
Isfahan
The Crusades and the Turks Crusades
Crusaders were Christian knights and peasants from Europe Pope Urban II launched them to “unify” regain control of the Holy Lands? Between 8 and 11 crusades were launched over
nearly two centuries First two were successful (1096 and 1099):
Muslim and Jewish inhabitants massacred by the rampaging Christians
After 1187: Crusader strength dwindled Seljuk empire gathered strength
under Saladin to recover Jerusalem
Signed a truce with Richard I: granting access to pilgrims
Further Crusades called, but less successful
Saladin and Richard I
Impact of the Crusades was greater on Europeans than on Muslims
Civilizations had been in contact because of trade through Spain and Italy
Europeans gained: weapons, architecture, medicine, Greek learning, Arabic numerals, chess, foods
Most of the exchange was one way
Mongol Armies Genghis Khan emerges in early
1200s Had already conquered China Leveled cities, Baghdad included Mongols eventually utilized
Turkish/Muslim administration techniques, converting
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