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Political History of the Seljuk Turks

Political History of the Seljuk Turks. Abbasid Breakup Turkish Infiltration. Political History of the Seljuk Turks. Abbasid Breakup Turkish Infiltration Seljuks Sunni Vs. Shiite Fatimids Defeat Byz’s Sultanate of Rum. Political History of the Seljuk Turks. Abbasid Breakup

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Political History of the Seljuk Turks

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  1. Political History of the Seljuk Turks • Abbasid Breakup • Turkish Infiltration

  2. Political History of the Seljuk Turks • Abbasid Breakup • Turkish Infiltration • Seljuks • Sunni • Vs. Shiite Fatimids • Defeat Byz’s • Sultanate of Rum

  3. Political History of the Seljuk Turks • Abbasid Breakup • Turkish Infiltration • Seljuks • Sunni • Defeat Byz’s and Fatimids • Manzikert (1071)

  4. Political History of the Seljuk Turks • Abbasid Breakup • Turkish Infiltration • Seljuks • Mongols

  5. Rise of Ottomans • Osman and the Ghazis • Centralized State • The problem of Ghazis • Janissaries • Bureaucracy and Ghulams

  6. Rise of Ottomans • Osman and the Ghazis • Centralized State • Expansion • Constantinople • Other Expansion

  7. Rise of Ottomans • Osman and the Ghazis • Centralized State • Expansion • Legacy after 1500

  8. Islamization in Asia Minor • Successful takeover

  9. Islamization in Asia Minor • Successful takeover • Why Successful? • More Similar Religion • Demographic Balance • Destructive Conquest • Centralization of Byzantine State • Aggressive Conversion

  10. Islamization in Asia Minor • Successful takeover • Why Successful? • Fusion • Role of women: • “respect shown to women by the Turks, for they hold a more dignified position than the men…The windows of the tent are open and her face is visible, for the Turkish women do not veil themselves.” • Ecstatic Dancing

  11. Islamization in Asia Minor • Successful takeover • Why Successful? • Fusion • Language • Role of women • Ecstatic Dancing

  12. Part of the mystical tradition of Islam has been a group of dancers known as the whirling dervishes who twirl around to music to induce an ecstatic state of mind and spirit.

  13. Conclusion

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