How were the Seljuks able to just steam roll through the Middle East like they did?
Nomads desu
>>872923
Abbassids were declining, there were numerous breakway principalaities, emirates, and nation-states of the Iranians that already refused to acknowledged the suzervanity of the Caliphate. Also in the background of the early Crusades, wars with the Byzantine Empire, and declining military and political standing, the Turks were able to rampage through the lands and become a major power.
Still at least a couple of those at least Iranian states like the Qarinvands, Bavands, and Paduspanids managed to retain some form of autonomy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghurid_dynasty
So I'd disagree on the whole "steamroll" thing.
>>873020
This
The Buyids and the Fatimids weakened the Abbasids and balkanized the Middle East
The Abbasids actually welcomed the Seljuks due to the Fact that they were Sunni unlike the Shia Buyids
>>873020
yeah, stemroll might not have been the best wording for it, expansion would have probably have been more accurate.
>>872923
Nevermind the Seljuks, I still can't believe the Macedonian Empire happened.
>>872923
What >>873020
>>873043
Said.
Also this one: TURKS IN THE ABBASID ARMY. Abbasids were hiring Mamluks by the boatload as the Arabs weren't interested in fighting for their shit no more.
>>873087
>Karamanids I'm Sultanate of Rum
