NMC277H1 Midterm: Practice questions
10 Aug 2016
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General state of islamic world on the eve of the first crusade disunity and weakness among the muslims. 1092 death of malikshah last of the great seljuks. Death of malik shah and nizam al mulk weakened empire cause of lack of powerful leadership as well as religious schism. Effects of religious schism seljuks were good suuni islamic rulers war not mainly against byzantines and christian kingdoms but against the heretical fatimid shiite caliphate of. Cairo deep rooted animosity that prevented the muslims to stand united against the. Invasions tore apart the mulim world but the european invasion was the last thing muslims expected. Seljuk disunity barkyaruq and muhammad locked in protracted military conflict - used all the military resources. Seljuks ruled over city states such as aleppo, mosul and damascus. Religious identity of the muslims of syria and palestine not uniform: outline and describe the muslim response to the crusades from the campaigns of the first.
