1. Seljuk Turks

2. Who are They? Turkish tribe from central Asia.
Poured in to Persia in 1,037 and made first powerful state
Called the Empire of the Great Seljuk's
The Seljuk Turks were a Turkish tribe from Centrial Asia. They poured uin to Persia in 1, 037 and made their first powerful state. They called this the Empire of the Great Seljuk’s.

3. And they where also putting military pressure on the Byzantine Empire.
What is the importance?
In the eleventh century they took over the Abbasid Empire (present day Baghdad discussed in Ch.10).
And they where also putting military pressure on the Byzantine Empire.
In 1055 A.D. they took over Baghdad and took control of the Empire. And they where also putting military pressure on the Byzantine Empire.

4. Influence on modern Islam
They brought Islamic culture in to turkey.

5. Time they existed They existed in the beginning of the 11th century.
The empire fell in 1157 due to attacks of the khwarazm.
They existed from the beginning of the 11th century and fell in 1157 due to attacks of the khwarazm.

6. Where were they located?
They ruled ruled parts of central asia and the middle east from the 11th to the 14th centuries.
They were located in central asia and the middle east. They ruled it from the 11th century to the 14th.

7. What did they do? They took over Abbasid.
The poured into Persia (1037) and established their first powerful state, called but historians the “Empire of the Great Seljuk's”
They captured Baghdad in 1055 and a relatively small contingent of warriors.
The took over Abbasid. And they poured into persia in 1037 and established their first powerful stand, which was called the “Empire of the Great Seljuks” they also caputred baghdad in 1055 and smal contingent of warriors.

8. Major Beliefs Their major beliefs system = Islam.
Major beliefs were islam

9. Important People
Omar Khayyam- Great poet and a mathematician, he also made the Jalali Calendar.
Jelaluddin Rumi- Poet and a theologian. Great spirit leader and preacher.
Omar Khayyam was a great poet and mathematician. He solved a cubic in the form x3 +a2x = b by using a pair of intersecting conic sections. He was really smart.
Jelaluddin Rumi – He was a poet. In 1244 he met the wandering dervish, Shams of Tabriz He ended up being a great preacher and a spirit leader.