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The Seljuk Turks

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

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The Seljuk Turks

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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Isfahan

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Saladin and Richard I

  9. 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

  10. Genghis Khan emerges in early 1200s Had already conquered China Leveled cities, Baghdad included Mongols eventually utilized Turkish/Muslim administration techniques, converting Mongol Armies

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