Vocab
What is Turkey?
A nation located between Europe and Asia just north of the Mediterranean Sea.
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When did Persian Armies move into Baghdad?
945AD
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Which unexpected event disintegrated the Seljuk Empire?
Malik Shah's death
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When was the Byzantine empire officially divided in two?
395
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Which of the Following empires had the least territory?
A. Persian
B. Mongol
C. Roman
D. Byzantine
Byzantine
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What was a vizier?
Prime Minister
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The Abbasids took note of the Turks for their ________.
Military Skills
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Which Pope launched the first Crusade in 1095?
Pope Urban II
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Which empire of the following Empires lasted the longest?
A. Mongol
B. Roman
C. Persian
D. Byzantine
D. Byzantine
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When did Constantinople fall to the Turks?
1435AD
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Who was Malik Shah?
The most famous of Seljuk sultans.
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During what battle did the Turkish forces crush the Byzantine defenders?
Battle of Manzikert
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In what year did Muslims recover Jerusalem?
In 1187
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When did Vladimir of Kiev choose Eastern Christianity?
988
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Which empire had an estimate 3.4 million miles of territory?
Roman
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Who were the Seljuks?
Migrating Turkish groups.
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What did the Abbasids come to prize the slaves for?
Their Skill and Loyalty.
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In what time did the Mongols unify China with the help of Genghis Khan?
In the early 1200s.
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When did the Seljuks defeat Byzantines at Manzikert?
1071
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Kiev fell to the Mongols in ________
1240
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Who were the Mongols?
A group of nomadic clans along the Asian steppes.
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As a result of their ______ the ______ won strong support from the ___________.
Policies, seljuks, Persians.
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Who shaped the biggest land empire in history?
Genghis Khan and his successors.
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Which of the following empires had the largest territory?
A. Persian
B. Roman
C. Mongol
D. Byzantine
C. Mongol
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When did Turks begin converting to Islam?
900's
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