Turkish Empires Rise in AnatoliaChapter 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 1300 BC Chinese

records f Tutu’s Turks were nomads

and herders Abbasids bought

Turkish children to train as soldiers

One obedient slave is better than 300 sons

The Conquering Seljuks 10 century convert

to Islam Seljuks capture

Baghdad in 1055 20 years later

attack Byzantine Empire

Seljuks occupy Anatolia

Close to Constantinople

The Turks Secure Persian Support Courted support of

Persian leaders Isfahan- capitol of

Seljuk kingdom Vizier- prime

minister Malik Shah- most

important Seljuks were

illiterate

Turks Secure Persian Support

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

Seljuks Confront Crusaders and Mongols

Malik Shah last strong leader, died 1092

West launches attack on Turks and Muslims for the Holy Land

The Crusades- series of military campaigns

The Seljuks and the Crusades

Pope Urban II launched them

Christians to drive Turks out of Anatolia

Recover Jerusalem 1099

Massacred Jews and Muslims

Muslims recover Jerusalem 1187

The Seljuks and the Crusades

King Richard and Saladin sign a truce

Jerusalem is Muslim Western pilgrims

have access to Christian holy places

13 century Western powers became weaker

Seljuks Face the Mongols 1200 unified under

Genghis Khan Slaughtered whole

populations 1258 Genghis’s

grandson leads troops to Baghdad

Wassaf write of the invasion

Seljuks Face the Mongols 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