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- 6. The Sejuks belonged to _________ group of Islam.
- 9. The Mongols killed the inhabitants of Baghdad and plundered its ___________.
- 10. In 1258, the Mongols captured Baghdad under their commander _______.
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- 1. The last Abbasid caliph killed by Mongols in their seige of Baghdad.
- 2. Seljuks were overthrown by this group of people.
- 3. The Seljuks’ rise to power marked the end of the period known as the ‘_____ century.’
- 4. The Seljuks were ________ powerful, and took control of the areas through which they passed.
- 5. Seljuqs were ________ tribesmen who migrated from Central Asian steppe into Muslim lands.
- 7. In 1055, the Seljuqs seized this city and became the masters of the Abbasid caliphate.
- 8. Name the dynasty that gained control of eastern Muslim lands in mid-eleventh century.
