Arab Empires
TurksMentioned by the Chinese as early as 1300BC
Nomads who rode horses and lived in tents.
Seljuks
United the Arabs and moved toward Islam
as their religion. 1055 they took Baghdad
1075 took over the Byzantine Empire.
Crusades
Started in 1095. Christians from W. Europe
go to the Middle East and try to recapture
Jerusalem. Urban II called for this.
1099 - Christians capture Jerusalem
1187 – Saladin and Muslims take it back
Truce
Finally a truce was signed so both
could use Jerusalem
Results
1. Increased trade between Europe
and the Middle East.
2. Feudalism will decline.
3. Education will spread.
Ottoman
Empire
By the 1300’s a man named Osman
built a Muslim following. These people
were called Ottomans.
By 1361 the controlled part of the
old Byzantine Empire.
Sultan
Rulers of the empire were called
Sultans.
Suleyman the Lawgiver (Magnificent)
was the most powerful. Reached the
peak in 1520.
WWI Empire collapses in 1917.