HIST-102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Almoravid Dynasty, Bamyan, Abbasid Caliphate
19 Nov 2020
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Baghdad remained the gravitational center of their political, economic, and cultural lives. In the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the arrival of the saljuq turks added a dynamic new element to the islamic world. The rise of militant kurdish rulers like zangi, nur "ad-din, and saladin in the central islamic zone occurred at least as much in response to the turkish threat from the east as from the. Crusaders" threat from the west: the "ayyubid dynasty founded by saladin ruled egypt and the bulk of the middle east, at least in name from 1169 to 1252. But muslim military success in the east was offset by losses in the westernmost zone. Despite the brief recoveries that took place under the "almoravids (1056 1147) and "almohads (1130 1269), the islamic world here was clearly on the defensive. Within spain the reconquista continued apace, and in north africa incursions were made by the catalans, the genoese, the normans, and the sicilians.
