EURO ST 10 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: The Turk, Safavid Dynasty
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We see that there relationship between east and west was not always the same as it is now. Some primary texts on the relations and encounters between the europeans and the turks. In the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries the entire region saw major migrations of peoples. Tensions between nomadic and sedentary social orders, and versions of. But in 1281 a member of the saljuq people (turks) named osman, came to power in western anatolia (turkey) This one family ruled for nearly 650 years (the empire was dissolved in 1923 with the founding of modern turkey) Decline after ww1 when region was occupied by british and french. For the next century they expanded dramatically both in asia and into europe, conquering the balkans in 1389. The pope occasionally attempted to mount late crusades against the advancing. The eastern orthodox church was not itself strong enough to resist. Its social structures fell and were replaced by those of the ottomans.
