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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