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World’s Slowest Lawnmower
Centuries of Turmoil
The Middle East from around 700AD to around 1700
What we’re going to learn: Identify the various groups who
controlled parts of the Middle East from about 700 to about 17ooAD
Explain what the Crusades were and the effect they had on the Middle East
Islam and the Byzantine Empire
Islamic Caliphate A caliph is a supreme political and religious
leader in Islam; after Muhammad died, these leaders ruled the Islamic empire and later smaller kingdoms until the 20th century There were four of these ruling dynasties
between 632 (Muhammad's death) and about 1100 when the Crusades began▪ Rashidun (632-661)▪ Umayyad (661-750)▪ Abbasids (700s – 1200s) – empire breaks up into
smaller kingdoms▪ Fatimids (900s-1100s) – north Africa mainly
Expansion of Islam
The Abbasid Caliphate – 700’s to 1100’s – political power lessened…
The Seljuk Turks 1037-1194 – assumed more control over M.East
The Crusades
The Crusades – Crash Course
Saladin’s Empire
The Ottoman Empire – 1300s-1900s
The Safavid Empire – “Iran”, 1500 - 1750
Ottoman and Safavid empires around 1600
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Empires of the Middle East