HISTORY OF MIDDLE EAST CIVILIZATION I
Study Guide and Question for Topic 9;
The Medieval Middle East
The Break-up of the Caliphate
 

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Identification Items
Identify and be able to discuss the importance of the following items:Murabit Dynasty (almoravids),  Muwahhids, the Alhambra, Fatimids, Salah-al-Din al-Ayyubi (Saladin),  Ghaznavids, Buwayhids, Seljuks, Samanid Dynasty,  Tughril (1038-1063), Sultan, Alparslan, Battle of Manzikert, Malikshah,  Nizam al-Mulk,  al-Ghazali,  Sanjar (1118-1157), Alexius Comnenus, Pope Urban II (1095), Godfrey of Bouillon, the Crusader kingdom of Jerusalem, Imad al-Din Zangi, Nur al-Din (1146-1174), 

Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi, Battle of Hattin  (July 4, 1187),  Philip Augustus, Frederick Barbarossa, Richard the Lionhearted, Lake Baikal, Genghiz Khan, Hulegu, Shajar al-Durr, Mamluks, Il-Khans, Timur Leng, Sadi (d. 1291), Hafiz 9d. 1390), Black Death, Shah Rukh, Jami,  Qara Quyunlu (black Sheep turkomans), Aq Quyunlu (White Sheep Turkomans), Uzun Hasan, Taimiyya (1263-1328),  

Topics for Study

1.  Discuss the social, political, intellectual, and cultural reasons for the decline of Arab civilization.  What methods could the caliphs have used to avert this decline?  Discuss the weaknesses of the Abbasid Empire.
2.  Describe the economy of the Abbasid Empire?
3.  How did the position of women change during the Abbasid Empire?
4.  What caused the Crusades?  What were the purposes of the Crusaders?  Discuss the social, political and economic impact of the Crusades on the Middle East and Europe.  Were the crusades a success or a total failure?
5.  What were the major factors behind the success of the Mongols.  How was their empire ruled and why did it decline?

Reading Assignment

Ochsenwald and Fisher, Chapter 11-12
 

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