The Muslim West 950 1100

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The Muslim West(950 1100)
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Viking Invasions 9th/10th centuries
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Who were the Normans?
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What kind of place was Sicily c.1000?
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How did Robert and Roger Guiscard take Sicily?
Why?
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Norman Lands (11-12th centuries)
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What pressures faced North Africa in the 11th
century?
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What pressures faced North Africa in the 11th
century?

• Norman conquest of port cities
• Fatimid departure for Egypt
• Diversion of trade to Fustat-Cairo
• Arab Bedouin invasions from the east
• Disruption of agriculture
• Feuds
• Etc.

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The Maghribno centralized state 740 - 1060
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What was the purpose of the ribat in the Maghrib?
Who were the murabitun?
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Who were the Almoravids (c.1050)?
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What motivated Ibn Tashfin? (Almoravid leader)
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Marrakesh
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Why could Abd al-Rahman III (912-961) not create
an enduring state in al-Andalus?
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Why did cities like Seville thrive in this
turbulent period?
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Santiago de Compostela
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How and why did Andalusia fall to the Almoravids
(by 1100)?
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The Muslim World by 1100

• Saljuq Turks (Sunni)
• Fatimids (Shiite)
• Almoravids (Sunni)