The Crusades, Silk Road, Umayyad
The Crusades, Silk Road, Umayyad, and Abbasid Dynasties
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The start of the Crusades begins with the Turks. In the early 11th century CE, the Seljuk Turks moved west from Central Asia and came to occupy the Holy Land and Jerusalem. They did not allow Christian pilgrims access to Jerusalem and other religious sites. This invasion of the Holy Land made Greek Emperor Alexis I Comnenus seek the help of Pope Urban II who was his rival, as the Emperor could not hold the Turks off alone. Pope Urban called a meeting in France with 300 important attendees. This council believed an army was the best way to free the Holy Land.
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The Catholic Church was very persuasive when it came to promoting the Crusades. Pope Urban II made a promise to those who …show more content…
Mu’awiya was the governor of Syria for the beginning of the Umayyad Dynasty. Mu’awiya moved the capital to Damascus, and created the first Muslim navy and defeated the Byzantines in the Mediterranean Sea. The Umayyad’s had an Allegiant and unified army of Arab fighters. By 705CE the Umayyads also had a very efficient administration, department of tax and war, post office and a chief secretary lead by caliph Abd al-malik. Under Abd al-malik there was the construction of major buildings including great mosques and major road construction. The Abbasid Dynasties used many different methods of expansion. After Abu Al-Abbas took over rule with the help of Abu Muslim by defeating the Umayyad army in 750CE the Abbasid moved the capital to Baghdad. This move helped the city grow to be 25 square miles with a population of somewhere between 300 and 500 thousand. The Abbasid people developed a bureaucratic government with paid officials, an imperial army and senior bureaucrats loyal to the ruler. The government was built on equality to people of all backgrounds. The Muslim merchant class traded outside the empire. The Abbasid’s political unity helped open new land and sea routes that opened up to the Silk Road and to China as well as other countries and oceans. In 751CE the Abbasid defeated the Tang Dynasty of China at the Battle of Talas and captured prisoners of war. These prisoners taught the Abbasid to make paper and thus began the process of writing for the Abbasid. The desire to learn and have an education followed soon
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The start of the Crusades begins with the Turks. In the early 11th century CE, the Seljuk Turks moved west from Central Asia and came to occupy the Holy Land and Jerusalem. They did not allow Christian pilgrims access to Jerusalem and other religious sites. This invasion of the Holy Land made Greek Emperor Alexis I Comnenus seek the help of Pope Urban II who was his rival, as the Emperor could not hold the Turks off alone. Pope Urban called a meeting in France with 300 important attendees. This council believed an army was the best way to free the Holy Land.
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The Catholic Church was very persuasive when it came to promoting the Crusades. Pope Urban II made a promise to those who …show more content…
Mu’awiya was the governor of Syria for the beginning of the Umayyad Dynasty. Mu’awiya moved the capital to Damascus, and created the first Muslim navy and defeated the Byzantines in the Mediterranean Sea. The Umayyad’s had an Allegiant and unified army of Arab fighters. By 705CE the Umayyads also had a very efficient administration, department of tax and war, post office and a chief secretary lead by caliph Abd al-malik. Under Abd al-malik there was the construction of major buildings including great mosques and major road construction. The Abbasid Dynasties used many different methods of expansion. After Abu Al-Abbas took over rule with the help of Abu Muslim by defeating the Umayyad army in 750CE the Abbasid moved the capital to Baghdad. This move helped the city grow to be 25 square miles with a population of somewhere between 300 and 500 thousand. The Abbasid people developed a bureaucratic government with paid officials, an imperial army and senior bureaucrats loyal to the ruler. The government was built on equality to people of all backgrounds. The Muslim merchant class traded outside the empire. The Abbasid’s political unity helped open new land and sea routes that opened up to the Silk Road and to China as well as other countries and oceans. In 751CE the Abbasid defeated the Tang Dynasty of China at the Battle of Talas and captured prisoners of war. These prisoners taught the Abbasid to make paper and thus began the process of writing for the Abbasid. The desire to learn and have an education followed soon