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2. The Middle East from around 700AD to around 1700

3.  Identify the various groups who controlled parts of the Middle East from about 700 to about 17ooAD  Explain what the Crusades were and the effect they had on the Middle East

5.  A caliph is a supreme political and religious leader in Islam; after Muhammad died, these leaders ruled the Islamic empire and later smaller kingdoms until the 20 th century  There were four of these ruling dynasties between 632 (Muhammad's death) and about 1100 when the Crusades began ▪ Rashidun (632-661) ▪ Umayyad (661-750) ▪ Abbasids (700s – 1200s) – empire breaks up into smaller kingdoms ▪ Fatimids (900s-1100s) – north Africa mainly

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