World History Ap Semester Study Guide

Chapter 17 1) Describe nomadic society and its effects on trade. (pg. 408-409) * Turkish people were nomadic herders * organized into clans and related languages * key Asia did non receive enough rain to support agriculture only grazing animals thrived on the foragees and shrubs there * Nomads drove their herds and flocks to pull downs with abundant grass  and followed migrant cycles * Settlements were few and small * Nomads engaged in diminished cultivation, but not able to sustain whole societies * desire to trade with settled peoples * much commerce was small outgo; need for country products and manufactured goods was high * soon participated in long-distance trade networks * rambling society: * 2 classes: nobles and commoners * Nobles: fluent class, organized clans and tribes into alliances * commoners: tended to own her ds, followed sunrise(prenominal) leaders * autonomous clans and tribes * Nomadic trust: * shamans (religious specialists with supernatural powers that communicated with gods and nature spirits) * Buddhism, Nestorian Christianity, Manichaeism 2) Analyze Turkish array expansion including that of the Saljuks (pg.

411- 412) * Abbasids: * Turkish peoples entered Persia, Anatolia, India * From mid(prenominal) 8th- mid 10th century, they lived on b stations of Abbasid earth which offered abundant opportunities for trade * Later, bragging(a) numbers of Saljuq Turks served in Abbasid armies and lived in the terra firma itself * overs! hadowed Abbasid caliphs mid eleventh century * Saljuq leader Tughril Beg was sultan (chieftan) and consolidated hold on Abbasid capital at capital of Iraq * extended Turkish rule to Syria, Palestine, and others * caliphs served as figureheads of authority * problematical Empire: * other Turks turned prudence to rich land of Anatolia * Led by...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: OrderEssay.net

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