turkish empires rise in anatolia
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Turkish Empires Rise in Anatolia. Chapter 11 Section 3. Key Terms. Seljuk Vizier Malik Shah. Rise of the Turks. Abbasids lose power Spain Morocco Tunisia 945 Persian armies move into Baghdad Put and end to the caliph Gave up political power. The Conquering Seljuks. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Chapter 11 Section 3
Seljuk Vizier Malik Shah
Abbasids lose power• Spain• Morocco• Tunisia
945 Persian armies move into Baghdad
Put and end to the caliph• Gave up political
power
1300 BC Chinese records of Tu-Kiu
Turks were nomads and herders
Abbasids bought Turkish children to train as soldiers
Mamelukes One obedient slave
is better than 300 sons
10 century convert to Islam
Seljuks capture Baghdad in 1055
20 years later attack Byzantine Empire
Seljuks occupy Anatolia
Close to Constantinople
Courted support of Persian leaders
Isfahan- capitol of Seljuk kingdom
Vizier- prime minister
Malik Shah- most important Seljuk sultan
Seljuks were illiterate
Persia• Supports their
learning of Islam• Adopted Persian
language• Rulers called shah• Appointed Persians
to government offices
Seljuk shahs Malik beautified
Isfahan Built mosques Arabic language
almost disappeared
Malik Shah last strong leader, died 1092
West launches attack on Turks and Muslims for the Holy Land
The Crusades- series of military campaigns
Pope Urban II launched them
Christians to drive Turks out of Anatolia
Recover Jerusalem 1099
Massacred Jews and Muslims
Muslims recover Jerusalem 1187
King Richard and Saladin sign a truce
Jerusalem is Muslim Western pilgrims
have access to Christian holy places
13 century Western powers became weaker
1200 unified under Genghis Khan
Slaughtered whole populations
1258 Genghis’s grandson leads troops to Baghdad
Wassaf write of the invasion
Burned the Caliph’s house
Killed tens of thousands
Abbasid caliph trampled by horses wrapped in a carpet
Shaped the biggest land empire in history
Crumpled in a few generations