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Spread of Islam. Crusades Fail. Muslim armies will eventually drive the Crusaders out of the Holy Land The Crusades were to expensive and people started to question the importance of them. Mongols. Under Genghis Khan, Mongol armies swept across Asia.
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Crusades Fail • Muslim armies will eventually drive the Crusaders out of the Holy Land • The Crusades were to expensive and people started to question the importance of them
Mongols • Under Genghis Khan, Mongol armies swept across Asia. • Mongols invaded Persia ending the Abbasid Dynasty • Mongols were stopped by the Malmuks. The Malmuks were Muslims who ruled over most of the Holy Land and North Africa • ** Mongols converted to Islam and unified Asia under one religion
Ottoman empire • As the Mongol and Malmuk Dynasties decline the Ottoman’s take over the region • They conquer Constantinople and end the Byzantine Empire • They allowed all groups to worship and make their own communities called “Millets”
Safavid Dynasty • They will end up control all of Persia. There descendants are still the rulers of the region today
Mughal Empire • Take control of India and bring Islam
Continued Growth • Muslim traders spread religion throughout world. They bring it to Africa and Indonesia.