Turks In The Nineteenth Century: A Case Study

In the early eleventh century, Turks also known as nomadic Muslims moved from Central
Asia. The Turks slowly started taking over west then, started taking over the south starting the crusades. Acrobatiq (2014).Eventfully the Turks moved into the Holy Land and Jerusalem. The Greek Emperor Alexius didn’t like the idea of the Turks taking over, so he went and discussed it with Pope Urban II. The Pope wanted to form a army to fight against the Muslims and take back the holy land. This is when the armies Of Christians from Western Europe answered Pope Urban II’s request of“This assignment was to be a Holy War, or crusade. The Pope promised that those who died in this quest would go directly to heaven.” Acrobatiq (2014). Along with the Pope’s promise about heaven, he continued to gain men to join in on the fight for the holy land. The Christians believed these were the“last
The non Arab people felt “unhappy with the fact that Muslim rulers lived a life of luxury while the majority of Muslims lived in poverty.” Acrobatiq (2014 ) Now with the split they needed a new leader and they found Abu Muslim. Abu Muslim army defeated the Umayyad army and ended the Umayyad dynasty. During the Abbasid period the Islam started moving into Central Asia, western Chinia, southeast Europe, Southeast Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa. . Acrobatiq (2014 ) With the Muslims moving all over, it made them the rulers. They ended up the rulers of “most trade routes in the Eastern Hemisphere, including land routes that stretched between the Iberian Peninsula, North Africa, West and East Africa, the Middle East, Asia Minor, and India.” Acrobatiq (2014 ) the Abbasid Dynasty grow by trading goods and moving place to place. For example “Muslim merchants traveled to Southeast Asia to trade African ebony and ivory and fine Egyptian cotton for commodities such as Chinese porcelain, silk, and spices”. Acrobatiq (2014